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Free YouTube Transcript Extractor

Paste a YouTube URL to extract the transcript in clean plain text. Copy the result, download it as a `.txt` file, or use it as source material for research notes, quotes, summaries, and content repurposing. Fast, free, and no account required.

Extract YouTube subtitles as readable text

This YouTube transcript extractor turns available video subtitles into a clean text transcript. It is useful when you want to scan a long video, search for a quote, save lecture notes, review a podcast, or prepare material before using our YouTube video summarizer.

The tool works best with videos that already have subtitles or auto-captions. If a YouTube video does not provide transcript data, the extractor may not be able to return text. You can learn more in our FAQ section about which videos can be summarized.

Common uses

  • Copy a YouTube transcript into notes or research docs.
  • Download subtitles as a plain `.txt` file.
  • Find exact wording from interviews, lectures, and podcasts.
  • Prepare transcript text before summarizing a long video.

How to get a YouTube transcript

  1. 1. Paste the video URL Use a full YouTube link or a video ID.
  2. 2. Extract the transcript We fetch the available subtitles and clean the text.
  3. 3. Copy or download Use the transcript in your own workflow.