Download YouTube Transcript

Paste a YouTube URL and get the transcript in seconds — free, no sign-up, no software to install.

How it works

This page produces a YouTube transcript as a file you keep. Rather than reading it on screen, you get TXT, SRT, VTT, or a timestamped script you can drop into a document, a subtitle track, or a note-taking app. Nothing is emailed and nothing is stored — the file is generated in your browser and saved to your machine.

The SRT and VTT formats are what you want if the text is going back onto a video as subtitles; plain TXT is what you want for reading, searching, or feeding into another tool. The timestamped variant keeps the clock so you can line the text up against the video later.

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Frequently asked questions

What file formats can I download?
TXT for plain text, SRT and VTT for subtitles, and a timestamped TXT that keeps the time markers. Pick whichever matches what you are going to do with it.
Is the download free?
Yes, and there is no limit on how many you take. No account is needed and nothing is watermarked.
Do you keep a copy of the transcript?
No. The file is built in your browser from the caption data and saved straight to your device. There is no library of your transcripts on our side.
Can I use the SRT file as subtitles on another video?
Yes, that is what SRT and VTT are for. Download the SRT and load it into your video editor or player. The timings come from the original captions, so they line up with the source video.
Why is the transcript sometimes missing punctuation?
Auto-generated captions often ship without it. The text is reproduced as the video provides it rather than rewritten, so what you download matches what was said on screen.