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YouTube Description Extractor

Paste a video link to get its full description as plain text, with every link, email address, hashtag and timestamp in it listed separately.

How to copy a YouTube video description

  1. 01

    Paste the video link

    Any YouTube link works: a watch URL, a youtu.be short link, a Shorts link or an embed link.

  2. 02

    Read the description

    The full description appears with its line breaks, along with the video's views, likes, comments and character count.

  3. 03

    Copy what you need

    Copy or download the whole description, or copy just the links, emails, hashtags, timestamps or tags.

More than copy and paste

Selecting a description on YouTube means expanding it first and often picks up extra text from the page. This tool gets the description exactly as the creator wrote it, straight from the YouTube Data API.

It also lists what's inside: every web link, email address and hashtag, and timestamp lines like 0:00 Intro. The video's tags, which YouTube hides from viewers, are listed too, separately from the description.

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy a YouTube video description?

Paste the video link above and press Get description, then press Copy. The text keeps its line breaks.

Why isn't a creator's business email listed?

Only emails written in the description are found. The business email behind YouTube's View email address button isn't part of the public data.

Does this get the video's transcript?

No. The description is the text below the video. For what's said in the video, use the transcript tool.

Does it work with Shorts?

Yes. Paste a Shorts link and you get its description the same way.

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