Y2mate turns a YouTube link into a file you keep. It reads the video, lists every quality YouTube stores for it, and sends the file straight to your Downloads folder. Video and audio are copied from YouTube without re-encoding.
One box does it all: a link gives you formats, a search word gives you a list of videos.
What you put in, what you get
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| youtube.com/watch or youtu.be link | MP4 · 360p – 2160p (4K) |
| youtube.com/shorts link | MP4 · 9:16 |
| Song or artist name | MP3 192 kbps · M4A |
| youtube.com/playlist link | List of videos to pick from |
Need a specific format? Use Y2mate YouTube to MP4 for video or Y2mate YouTube to MP3 for audio.
Y2mate at a glance
- Price
- Free
- Account
- Not needed
- Max video
- 2160p (4K), 60 fps
- Audio
- MP3 192 kbps, M4A
- Runs on
- Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac, Linux
What Y2mate cannot download
Private videos, members-only videos and age-restricted videos are locked behind a YouTube login, so no online tool can read them. Live streams work after the broadcast ends and YouTube finishes processing it.