Did you know you can download YouTube videos by inspecting the network requests when you toggle the device toolbar?
Just open the dev tools with Ctrl + Shift + I and select the Network tab. Then toggle the device toolbar with Ctrl + Shift + M and reload the page. Filter by the heaviest network request and open it in a new tab, there you will be able to download your video.
You can see me in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZeBg0jLy4&ab_channel=DavidArmend%C3%A1riz
Top comments (1)
Hi David,
just wanted to ask, can't the site owner know that the video has been downloaded.
I want to try this on a e-learning portal, scared if that's good way to download without being tracked.