Free video downloader & converter

The simplest way to convert YouTube to MP3

YouTubeToMP3X was built around a single idea: turning a video link into a playable file should take seconds — not a signup, a software install, or a maze of pop-ups. Paste any public YouTube URL into the box at the top of this page, choose whether you want audio (MP3) or video (MP4), pick a quality, and the file saves straight to your device.

The same flow works across all nine supported platforms: paste, choose, save. There are no extra steps, no account to create, and no settings to learn before your first download.

MP3 audio up to 320kbps — and the honest truth about bitrate

For music, podcasts, lectures and voice-overs, MP3 is the format that plays everywhere. You can choose 64, 128, 192 or 320kbps. A higher bitrate means a larger file and more headroom for detail, but it's worth knowing the honest limit: an MP3 can never contain more audio information than the source it was made from.

Most YouTube streams are delivered at roughly 128–160kbps, so exporting at 320kbps gives you a clean, transparent copy of that source — not audio that is somehow "better than YouTube". We would rather show you the real options than promise a quality that cannot exist.

MP4 video up to 1080p Full HD

Prefer to keep the picture? Download the video as an MP4 in resolutions from 144p up to 1080p Full HD. We use the widely compatible H.264 codec, so your file plays on phones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs and video editors without any extra conversion step.

Only the resolutions that genuinely exist for a given video are offered, so you never wait on a download that was never available in the first place.

Nine platforms, one tool

Beyond YouTube — including Shorts — you can paste links from TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit, Pinterest, Threads and Dailymotion. Each platform also has its own dedicated tool page with guidance specific to that service, whether that's saving Reddit videos with their sound intact or grabbing a Pinterest video pin.

If you regularly convert whole albums or lecture series, the playlist downloader handles an entire playlist in one pass, and the MP3 cutter trims a clip down to just the section you need — handy for making a ringtone.

MP3 or MP4 — which should you choose?

Choose MP3 when you only care about the sound: music you already own, a podcast episode for a commute, a lecture you want on a phone, or a backing track for editing. Audio files are a fraction of the size of video, so a two-hour recording that would run to well over a gigabyte as 1080p video comes in at a few dozen megabytes as a 192kbps MP3.

Choose MP4 when the picture matters — tutorials where someone is demonstrating something on screen, sports highlights, or anything you plan to re-edit. If you are undecided, 192kbps MP3 is a sensible default for spoken word and 320kbps for music, while 720p is the sweet spot for video on a phone screen and 1080p for a laptop or TV.

For lossless work in a DAW, the WAV converter is the better choice than MP3: it is uncompressed, so it avoids stacking a second round of lossy compression on top of the source.

If a download doesn't work

A few situations genuinely can't be converted, and it's better to say so than to leave you guessing. Private, unlisted, age-restricted and members-only videos can't be read, because the tool only ever sees what a logged-out visitor would see. Live streams that are still broadcasting have no finished file to fetch, so wait until the stream ends and is published as a normal video.

Very long videos — several hours — occasionally time out while being fetched and converted. Trying a lower bitrate or resolution usually gets them through, and the MP3 cutter is a good alternative if you only need one section. If a link fails once, it is also worth re-copying it from the address bar, since share links that include tracking parameters sometimes point at a playlist rather than a single video.

Private by design, on every device

We don't ask you to create an account, and we don't build a profile of what you download. Converted files are kept only for as long as it takes to hand them to you, then deleted from our servers automatically. There are no watermarks on your files and no daily download caps.

Because the whole tool runs in the browser, it behaves the same on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPhone. On mobile, the Paste button picks up a copied link in a single tap, and the live progress bar keeps you informed while longer videos are fetched and converted.

Use it responsibly

YouTubeToMP3X is an educational, experimental project and is not affiliated with YouTube or any other platform. Downloading is appropriate when you own the content, have the creator's permission, or the material is in the public domain or carries a Creative Commons licence.

Please respect each platform's Terms of Service and the copyright law where you live. Our blog has a plain-English guide to what is and isn't allowed if you want to read further before you start.