If you want to save a copy of a YouTube video to your desktop so that you can transfer, copy, or edit it, you’ll have to use a third-party tool called a converter. There are several websites offering this service, some free and others paid, but the modus operandi is fairly similar across board: you’ll copy the video’s URL from YouTube and paste it into the converter website, then you can download a converted file in MP4 or other formats.
But, it’s important to mention that YouTube frowns upon these tools because downloading videos is an outright breach of YouTube’s terms of service:
“You are not allowed to […] access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized by the Service; or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders.”
YouTube doesn’t legally enforce this policy, so it likely won’t sue you for downloading videos or the converter websites for making videos available for illegal downloads. But, keep in mind that all third-party YouTube downloader tools violate the company’s policy, and using them means being complicit in that. Depending on your location, downloading YouTube videos could also be an outright breach of the law, since some countries have copyright laws that protect intellectual property from piracy. For example, it’s illegal according to the U.S. copyright law to make a copy of content (whether for personal or distributive use) if you do not have express permission of the copyright owner.
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