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YouTube Video Description Extractor

Paste a video or Shorts link and copy its full description. Links stay clickable, timestamps jump to that moment, and nothing is flattened into one block.

Input
Description

Paste a video link. The description keeps its links and timestamps.

  • Free · needs a video link
  • Reads public data only
  • Cached to protect quota

What this does

This description extractor returns the full public description of a YouTube video or Short as text you can copy. Links stay clickable, and timestamp lines link to that moment in the video, so a chapter list keeps its meaning. Click Copy all to put the whole description on your clipboard.

The video's title and channel sit above the text. We do not rewrite or summarise anything, and we do not follow the links. If the video has no description, the result says so. It reads one video per run.

YouTube allows a description of up to 5,000 characters, so a long one is normal. Only the first few lines show before viewers click Show more, which makes this a quick way to see what a competitor puts there.

Use cases

  1. 01Copy a description into a brief without losing the chapter times.
  2. 02Pull outbound links from a video without opening every one by hand.
  3. 03Keep a local copy before a creator edits the box.
  4. 04See what a competitor puts in the first lines, the part viewers read before they click Show more.
FAQ

Questions, answered.

How do I copy a YouTube video description?

Paste the video link above, run it, then click Copy all. You get the description as plain text with its original line breaks, links and timestamps.

How long can a YouTube description be?

Up to 5,000 characters, according to YouTube Help. The extractor shows all of it, not just the lines visible before Show more.

Does it work on Shorts, and does it show the title or tags?

It works on Shorts links as well as watch links. The title and channel appear above the description. Tags are a separate field, so use the Tag Extractor for those. Hashtags written in the description come through as part of the text.

Do you follow the links?

No. We copy the text YouTube already shows.

Do I need an account?

No.

Is anything stored?

Not on the free tier.

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