How to Download YouTube Videos Without Hassle

As one of the largest video sharing and streaming platforms in the world, YouTube has a great impact on people, especially in today's multimedia age. On YouTube, you can discover lots of videos for both entertaining and fulfilling some of your needs. When people need to find some video/audio materials, YouTube must be the first platform they might come up with.

Although you have found the YouTube videos you need and made sure that the YouTube videos can be downloaded under the permission of the authors, you would find that it is unable to download YouTube videos directly on YouTube platform. But don't worry about this, because in the following, I would show you several tips and the corresponding tools to helo you download YouTube videos without hassle. Start reading the blog now!

Part 1. The Most Reliable YouTube Downloader for PC

The most professional and reliable YouTube downloader for PC refers to VideoHunter, a newly-released but powerful PC software. It is designed to offer the best and high-quality video download service to users using 1,000+ sites, meaning that you can use VideoHunter to download videos from over 1,000 websites! In addition, you can output the online videos/audios to different formats, and all of them are the mainstream ones such as MP4, WEBM, and MP3.

If you want another mainstream formats to encode the YouTube videos such as in MOV, AVI, MKV, etc., there is a video converter set inside VideoHunter (this feature is currently available on Mac, for Win, it is still developing). So you can choose to download the YouTube videos first, then convert them to other 20+ formats with this amazing video converter.

This all-featured video downloader seems hard to be used, but actually, VideoHunter keeps its functions as simple as possible so that everyone can easily handle. In the following, I will guide you how to download YouTube videos using VideoHunter in only three easy steps.

STEP 1. Open YouTube platform in your browser and search for the YouTube video you want to download. When you enter the video page, select the whole address bar and copy the link.

STEP 2. On you computer, open VideoHunter after installing it. When you enter its main interface, you can find a frame bar in the middle (for Mac users, select "Downloader" after entering the main feed). Then, directly paste the YouTube video link to the bar, and click the "Download" button.

STEP 3. When the video finishes converting, a variety of output options will prompt up in a pop-up window. Select your favorite quality and format for saving the YouTube video, and finally, hit the "Download" button and you can save the YouTube video to your computer.

Part 2. [Free] Download YouTube Videos on Windows/Mac with No Cost

VideoHunter offers both free trial and register version for users to select the one they need. The free trial version has some limitations, for example, you can only use the program for free within 15 days, and you can only download 10 videos, or convert each video for up to 2 minutes. But if you still don't want to purchase the register VideoHunter version, and want to enjoy the YouTube video download service on PC, here are two free programs you can give a try.

VidPaw for Windows
VidPaw for Windows is a YouTube video downloader that is exactly designed for Windows computer. If you don't have pretty high requirements towards the downloaded YouTube videos, this program deserves your try. With both simple interface and intuitive functions, you can master it very quickly and enjoy the fluent download services it brings.

Pros of VidPaw for Windows
* Freely download YouTube videos in HD quality like 720p;
* No download limitations - you can download unlimited times in a day;
* Quicker download speed than many online video downloaders;
* Strip music and soundtracks from YouTube videos in their original quality;
* Available on all Windows systems such as Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP, etc.

VidPaw for Mac
As there has VidPaw for Windows, a VidPaw version for Mac would not be left. VidPaw for Mac is also developed to help Mac users download YouTube videos in the simplest way. Like VidPaw for Windows, this program is also completely free for using. With a YouTube video URL, people can easily convert the YouTube video to common MP4 format and download it quickly.

Pros of VidPaw for Mac
* Available on different Mac systems, including MacBook, MackBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac Pro;
* 6X faster downloading speed to save your time in waiting;
* HD quality like 720p is provided to output the YouTube videos;
* Extract soundtracks from YouTube videos for offline listening;

Part 3. How to Download YouTube Videos on Android

If you are using an Android device, instead of using an online YouTube downloader that is filled with pop-up ads, you can try another VidPaw version, VidPaw App for Android, to stream and download YouTube videos without hassle.

VidPaw App is absolutely designed for Android device, making it possible to stream YouTube or other online videos inside the program fluently, and also download them to the device for offline playback at anytime. It is amazing that VidPaw App has combined both streaming and downloading function inside one app. For music love, downloading the latest YouTube music videos in MP3 allows a more convenient offline music playback enjoyment.

To download YouTube videos in VidPaw App, it can be so simple than ever before. As you launch VidPaw App and enter the interface, you can see the trending YouTube videos showed up there, with a green download button below each of them. Just click it and you can download the video in no time.

Also, by typing the name of the YouTube video to the search bar, or directly paste the URL of the video to it, you can quickly access the YouTube video you want to download. When you reach the video, a green bubble will appear in the lower right corner, by clicking which you can analyze the video and select an output option to save it on your Android device immediately.

Part 4. How to Download YouTube Videos on iOS Devices

There are solutions for Windows, Mac, and Android devices to download YouTube videos for offline playback. What about iOS devices?

It is a pity that currently iOS devices doesn't have an app that allows to download YouTube videos directly using Safari, but you can use VidPaw YouTube Converter to get your favorite YouTube videos instead.

VidPaw YouTube Converter can be used on all platforms because it is a web-based service. It supports to download YouTube videos in MP4 and WEBM formats with high quality like 720p. The way to use VidPaw YouTube Converter is also simple. But pay attention that for iOS 12 or below users, you require an extra third-party app to proceed the process. I will show you in details below.

For iOS 13+ Users
On iOS 13 or higher iOS systems, users can directly use the Safari browser to get the YouTube videos downloaded with the help of VidPaw YouTube Converter.

STEP 1. Open Safari browser on iOS device and go to YouTube. You need to find the YouTube video you want to download and copy its URL.

STEP 2. Turn to a new tab in Safari and go to VidPaw YouTube Converter. Paste the URL to the frame bar and click the "Convert" button.

STEP 3. When the video information shows up, select your wanted output format and quality, then, hit the icon of "Download".

STEP 4. Safari will notice you to submit download again. Just hit the "Download" button in the pop-up notice again, and you can download the YouTube video to your iOS device.

For iOS 12- Users
For users who have not upgraded the system to iOS 13 or later, you need to use a third-party program called Documents to download YouTube videos via VidPaw.

STEP 1. Go to App Store and find Documents program. Then install it to the device immediately.

STEP 2. Open Documents and use its built-in browser for going to YouTube to copy the URL of the YouTube video you would like to download. Then go to VidPaw YouTube Converter and paste the URL of the video to the download frame bar.

STEP 3. After clicking "Convert", VidPaw will convert the video for you and shows you different output selections for downloading the YouTube video. Choose your wanted one and click "Download" button.

STEP 4. Edit the name of the video and select a path in Documents to save the video. After that, click "Done" button in the top right corner and you can get the YouTube video downloaded immediately.