YouTube Subtitle Downloader

Pull the subtitles out of any YouTube video, read them with their timing, and save them as a file.

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audio and video · up to 4 hours · up to 2 GB · first 10 minutes free – one of your 2 free videos a day

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A free YouTube subtitle downloader – with timestamps, for long videos too

  • What is free?Reading the full subtitle track and the .txt download: 2 videos a day, no account, no card.
  • Which formats?TXT for plain text, SRT for editors, VTT for web players. SRT and VTT keep every timestamp and come with a paid plan.
  • What happens to my link?Only the public video behind it is read. You upload nothing, and no email is asked for before you see the subtitles.
  • Long videos?A three-hour stream takes about as long as a clip, because the subtitle track already exists and is simply read.
  • Auto-generated subtitles?They work. When the creator uploaded proper subtitles those come first, since they are almost always more accurate.
  • No subtitles at all?Then the audio is transcribed instead, with credits from a plan or a pack, for videos up to 4 hours.

How to download subtitles from YouTube

  1. Copy the link of the YouTube video. Regular videos, Shorts and livestream replays all work.
  2. Paste it into the field above and press Get subtitles.
  3. Preview the subtitle text with its timing right on this page, so you know it is the right track.
  4. Save it: one .txt a day is free, SRT and VTT downloads are part of a paid plan.

Subtitles are files. Treat them like files.

Every subtitled YouTube video carries a small, precious file: the subtitle track, with every spoken line and the exact moment it appears. YouTube plays it but never hands it over. This downloader does. Paste a link and the full track appears on this page, ready to preview, copy, and save to your device.

The preview matters more than it sounds. Before you save anything, you see exactly what the track contains, so you never download a file only to discover the subtitles are machine-garbled or in the wrong language. What you see is precisely what lands in the file.

From YouTube to your editing timeline

Video editors are the biggest users of subtitle downloads. Grab the track of your own published video and drop it into Premiere, DaVinci or CapCut instead of retyping captions. Translators pull the source subtitles before making localized versions. Teachers hand out subtitle text as reading material to accompany assigned videos. Archivists keep subtitle files because they are tiny and outlive any platform.

Since editors want SRT and web players want VTT, we built free converters that run entirely in your browser: TXT to SRT, SRT to VTT and back. Your files never leave your machine during conversion. When you need the sense of the video rather than the file, the AI summary under any result runs on this page and comes back with a timecode on every point. Translation into another language is the one thing that still lives in our Telegram bot, as an optional extra.

YouTube subtitle download – questions people ask

How do I download subtitles from a YouTube video?

Paste the video link on this page. The subtitle track loads as text with a timestamp on every line, and the download buttons under it save it as a file. Reading is free; one .txt a day is free too, and SRT and VTT files come with a paid plan.

Is this YouTube subtitle download free?

Reading the subtitles is free and needs no account: 2 videos a day, each with an AI summary and a .txt download. Downloading SRT or VTT files is part of a paid plan, from $6.99 a month.

Can I convert YouTube to SRT?

Yes. On a paid plan the SRT and VTT downloads sit under the subtitle text on this page, timings intact. Without a plan, save the free .txt and rebuild the file with our TXT to SRT converter, which runs entirely in your browser.

Does it download auto-generated YouTube subtitles too?

Yes. If the video only has YouTube automatic captions, that is what you get. When the creator uploaded proper subtitles, those take priority since they are almost always more accurate.

Is there a subtitle download for English only, or other languages too?

The downloader returns the original subtitle track of the video, in whatever language it was spoken – English, Hindi, Tagalog or any of the hundred-plus languages YouTube captions exist in. To move a file into another language, the SRT translator on this site rewrites the text and keeps the timing.

Are YouTube captions and YouTube subtitles the same thing?

For downloading, yes. YouTube calls the track captions, most of the world calls it subtitles, and it is one file either way: the spoken lines with the moment each one appears. This page reads that file whichever word you searched for.

Can I download subtitles from a very long video?

Yes. The track is read, not re-created from the audio, so a lecture of several hours arrives in seconds like anything else. There is no length limit on reading or on downloads.

Is downloading subtitles from YouTube legal?

Downloading subtitle text for personal use, study, accessibility or citation is generally considered fair use in most places. Republishing someone else’s subtitles wholesale may infringe copyright. When in doubt, ask the creator or a lawyer.

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