The giant video streaming platform YouTube boasts tons of videos of all genres to watch for free and reigns the video streaming platforms. No other video-sharing platform is near the popularity and success of YouTube. Tons of content creators are uploading videos every day and millions of people enjoy the videos they wish to watch.
On the other hand, YouTube enables content creators to upload videos and set them as Private videos which restricts others from watching that specific video other than their friends and families whom they allow to watch.
This might be pretty frustrating for you if you wish to watch those specific videos.
Fret not, several tools will let you download your favorite YouTube videos and watch them later. However downloading a private video can be pretty challenging for you.
In this post, we will walk you through the possible ways, how to download private YouTube videos. Keep reading to learn more about it.
How to Download Private YouTube Videos
Downloading a private YouTube video is not a simple task, rather it is pretty tricky. You need a third-party tool to download any private YouTube videos. Numerous youtube private video downloaders are available on the web like Snapdownloder, Invideo, Video Hunter YouTube downloader etc. help you do so.
Once, you have permission, you can convert the video to MP4 and save it on your PC. Here we use Snapdownloader to download your desired video. Let’s proceed with the steps.
- Download Snap Downloader and install it on your device.’
- Launch Snap downloader on your device.
- Now copy the URL of your desired YouTube video and then paste it into the frame “Copy and Paste” URL here.
- Now click on “Analyze”
- Here you will be asked to enter output choices, to download YouTube videos. Pick the “MP4 and 1080p” to download the video in HD format. Some efficient YouTube downloaders can even download the video’s subtitles too.
- Now click on the “Download” button. And wait for seconds to download your desired video
- Now right-click the video and tap on “Save video as” to save the private videos in your device.
This is an easy way to download private YouTube videos and no notification will be sent to the video creator. After completing all the steps, navigate to the “Three horizontal lines” button located at the upper right corner of the screen, and go to the “History” section and watch the downloaded videos offline.
Download Private YouTube videos Using the Firefox Extension
Moving towards other methods to download private youtube videos. You can download using the Firefox extension Video Downloader Professional. Here is how
- All you need to do is start playing the desired video that you wish to download.
- Tap on the “Puzzle-like” icon, and choose the “Video Downloader professional”.
- A list of videos will be displayed, pick the one that you wish to download.
When downloading private YouTube videos You might get bothered by a slow internet connection. Mind it, Using Firefox youtube private video downloader, you can download only 720p video only.