Download Grabbit (free Windows app), paste your YouTube URL, choose MP4 or MP3, pick quality up to 4K, and click Download. Files save directly to your PC. No cloud, no account, no ads — and it works in 2026.
YouTube still doesn't let you download videos to your PC in 2026 — not without a workaround. YouTube Premium's offline mode is mobile-only. If you want to save a video to your Windows computer, you need a third-party downloader. The good news: there are tools that still work reliably in 2026, and the best one is free.
Grabbit is a free Windows desktop app powered by yt-dlp — the most actively maintained video downloader engine available. It supports YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and more, with up to 4K quality and no download limits on the free tier for daily use.
Go to appgrabbit.com and click "Download free — Windows". Run the GrabbitSetup.exe file and follow the installer. It takes about 30 seconds.
Launch Grabbit. Go to YouTube, copy the video URL from your browser, and paste it into the Grabbit input field. Click Fetch.
Select Video + Audio for an MP4 file, or Audio only to download as MP3. You can also choose Video only if you need it without audio.
Pick from available qualities. Free users get up to 720p. Pro users get up to 4K / 8K depending on what YouTube offers for that video.
Click Add to Queue, then switch to the Queue tab and click Download. The file saves to your PC folder. Done.
In step 3 above, select Audio only instead of Video + Audio. Grabbit will extract the audio track and save it as an MP3 file to your PC. This works for music videos, podcasts uploaded to YouTube, or any video where you only need the audio.
Grabbit includes a free Chrome Extension that adds a download button directly while you browse YouTube. Instead of copy-pasting URLs, you just click the extension icon while watching a video and it downloads instantly.
Yes. yt-dlp is actively maintained and continues to work in 2026 despite YouTube's ongoing attempts to block scrapers. The yt-dlp team regularly pushes updates to fix any breakages, usually within hours of a YouTube change. Grabbit uses yt-dlp under the hood, so when yt-dlp updates, Grabbit updates too.
Grabbit is safe — it's open source, doesn't require an account, and doesn't collect any data about what you download. The files are saved locally on your PC. As for legality: downloading YouTube videos for personal offline use is a gray area that varies by country. It violates YouTube's Terms of Service but is generally not legally pursued for personal use.
Grabbit works. No ads, no 720p cap on Pro, Chrome Extension included. Try free today.