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YouTube to SRT Downloader

Download the subtitles from any YouTube video as a ready-to-use SRT file. Whether the video has human-written captions or YouTube’s auto-generated ones, you get a clean, timestamped .srt you can drop into any video editor, media player, or re-upload. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

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What you can download from YouTube

  • Human-written (closed) captions
  • YouTube auto-generated captions
  • English subtitle tracks with original timestamps
  • Talks, tutorials, lectures and music videos

YouTube to SRT in practice

YouTube to SRT downloads a video's subtitles as a proper .srt file with timestamps intact. That is the format editors, players and translation tools actually accept — VLC picks it up automatically, Premiere and Resolve import it as a caption track, and subtitle editors open it directly.

Paste the video URL and pick the language you want; both creator-written captions and YouTube's auto-generated ones can be pulled. Auto-captions are a starting point, not a finished product — expect to fix names, punctuation and the odd mangled phrase before you publish anything with them attached.

Why use LinksConverter for YouTube downloads

  • Fast cloud pipeline
  • ClamAV scanned
  • Auto-deleted after 2 hours
  • No sign-up, no watermark

How it works

How to download YouTube videos as SRT

  1. Copy the YouTube link

    Open the YouTube video and tap Share → Copy link. Any public URL from YouTube works, including short-form video.

  2. Paste the URL into the converter

    Paste the link into the input box on this page. The converter automatically recognises YouTube URLs.

  3. Start the SRT export

    Click Convert. Our cloud worker pulls the highest-quality stream YouTube offers and packages it as SRT.

  4. Download the SRT file

    When the export finishes you get a one-time pre-signed download link. The file is deleted from our servers automatically after 2 hours.

YouTube to SRT — Frequently asked questions

Then there is nothing to download — the tool only works on videos that have subtitles or auto-captions available. Most talks, tutorials and music videos do, so it is worth a try.

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