Top 4 Methods to Download YouTube Playlist to Computer and Mobile Devices

Cassie 07/04/2025

Cleverget Video Downloader

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“How can I download YouTube playlist in one time? I have tried several online YouTube playlist download tools to download YouTube playlist MP3 but only to find none actually works. Is there any way to download playlist from YouTube at once? Do I need to make use of so-called YouTube playlist downloader software? Please help me with this.”

YouTube has enabled you to create and watch playlist of an entire TV or video series online. If you want to download YouTube playlist for offline viewing in one click, you have to make use of some YouTube playlist downloader tools. Here in this guide, we would walk you through the detailed guide of YouTube playlist download process with different YouTube playlist download tools.

Method 1: Download YouTube Playlist with YouTube Playlist Downloader Software [the Best]

The very first and also the best YouTube playlist download solution is to make use of 3rd-party YouTube playlist downloader tools. CleverGet Video Downloader is a practical and powerful YouTube playlist downloader to help you download entire YouTube playlist in only a few simple clicks. Acting as professional YouTube video downloader, CleverGet Video Downloader could help you parse and detect all available videos in the same YouTube playlist, and then list them for you to choose for downloading. It offers you the best and easiest YouTube playlist download solution.

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• CleverGet Video Downloader

  - Enable users to download online videos, movies, TV shows, live streams, etc. from 1000+ websites.
  - Detect M3U8 links intelligently with an inherent browser to download videos.
  - Download up to 8K video and audio at 320 kbps without quality loss.
  - Support to download TV series episodes of all/certain seasons in batches.
  - Download online video to MP4/MKV/WEBM or other available popular formats.

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Download and install CleverGet All-in-One on your computer. CleverGet Video Downloader is a module built in the CleverGet All-in-One, which offers 40+ modules to help you download videos from various streaming services like Amazon, Netflix, Disney Plus, YouTube, Max, Hulu, and more. Then, follow the below guide to learn how to download YouTube playlist in clicks.

Step 1: Set download directory

Kick off CleverGet and then click the 3-dot icon at the top-right corner to choose "Settings" option, which will lead you to the "Settings" window. Under the "General" tab, set output directory in the "Save Video To" box. You could create a subfolder for each module by checking the "Create subfolder for each module" option, and also specify other settings here. Click the "Save" button to save and quit the Settings window.

Step 2: Play back target YouTube playlist

Open YouTube.com and then play back the target YouTube playlist you want to download within CleverGet. Once you start playing the target YouTube playlist, CleverGet will start to parse the YouTube playlist. You could see the parsing icon at the bottom right corner.

Step 3: Choose download options

Once CleverGet parses all available videos in the same YouTube playlist, it will list all of them for you to choose and download. You could then freely choose which videos in the playlist to download, set download video quality, output format, and select audio and subtitles if available. You could also determine whether or not to pack subtitles into output video file by checking the "Remux into file" option.

Step 4: Start downloading YouTube playlist

After you have decided which videos to download, click the blue "Download" button to start YouTube playlist download process. On the right sidebar, you could view all downloading tasks. Once the download completes, you could open the downloaded video files directly.

That's how to download playlist from YouTube with CleverGet. Besides YouTube playlist download, CleverGet Video Downloader could actually download YouTube channel in simple clicks. And if you want to download YouTube playlist MP3 from YouTube music videos, you could even make use of the internal YouTube to MP3 converter to batch download YouTube playlist music videos to MP3 files.

Method 2: Download YouTube Playlist with Browser Extension

If you want to use browser extensions to download videos or download YouTube playlist, there used to be multiple great options available. However, the Chrome Web Store policy does not allow extensions to download videos from YouTube, so that many downloader extensions have now limited or removed this feature. But You could still get some YouTube playlist download extensions for your browser, such as Addoncrop YouTube Video Downloader extension for Chrome.

During our test, this extension was unable to download an entire YouTube playlist as claimed. However, downloading individual videos from the playlist is possible. You could follow the below guide to learn how to download YouTube playlist video one by one.

Step 1: Open your Chrome extension store and search for Addoncrop YouTube Downloader extension.
Step 2: Install Addoncrop YouTube Downloader extension to your Chrome browser.
Step 3: Play back the YouTube playlist.
Step 4: Right below the target video within YouTube playlist, click the Downloads icon (displayed as a camcorder picture).
Step 5: Then, you could view all available download options in different resolutions and sizes.
Step 6: Click the one you want to download to start downloading YouTube playlist video.
Step 7: The YouTube playlist download will start instantly. You could view the download process.
Step 8: Then, you could open the download history on Chrome browser to view and open downloaded YouTube playlist video.

In this way, you could freely download any video from YouTube playlist to your computer. If you want to download an entire YouTube playlist using extensions, you can try JDownloader. This tool is complex and requires both the app and the extension to work together for the entire YouTube playlist download.

Method 3: Download YouTube Playlist Online

If you don't want to download any YouTube playlist download software and extension for downloading YouTube playlist, it's easy. You could still make use of YouTube playlist download online tools to download YouTube playlist online. There are a number of online YouTube playlist download tools for you, such as Ddownr.com, Loader.to, YouTubePlaylist.cc, YouTubear.com, etc.

Here we would like to take Youtubear.com, which could help you batch download YouTube playlist videos for unlimited offline watching, for example to show you how to download YouTube playlist online in detail:

Step 1: Open the YouTube playlist downloader online tool at Youtubear.com.
Step 2: Copy the YouTube playlist URL and then paste it to the blank address bar on Youtubear.com page.
Step 3: Then, click the search button to let this online YouTube playlist download tool to parse the target YouTube playlist.
Step 4: On the follow-up page, set what to download in the "Download Content" part.
Step 5: Set the Filters if necessary.
Step 6: Set a download directory in the "Download Folder" box.
Step 7: Then click the "Start Download" button to start batch downloading YouTube playlist.

You then only need to wait for the download process to complete. You could view the entire YouTube playlist download process.

Method 4: Download YouTube Playlist with YouTube Premium

Or, you could even upgrade your YouTube subscription to Premium plan to download YouTube playlist directly within YouTube app or on your browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera). The below guides would show you how to download YouTube playlist on computer, Android, and iPhone/iPad respectively.

Download YouTube playlist on computer

Step 1: Open youtube.com and sign in with your Premium account.
Step 2: Play back the target YouTube playlist you want to download.
Step 3: Click the Download button right below the video to start downloading YouTube playlist video.

Download YouTube playlist on Android, and iPhone/iPad

Step 1: Open YouTube app and then sign in with your Premium account.
Step 2: Open the Watch tab and then play back the target YouTube playlist video.
Step 3: Click the Download button below the video to start downloading YouTube playlist video.

Once you have downloaded target video from YouTube playlist, you could then view the downloaded YouTube playlist videos offline anytime you like.

Comparison of 4 Methods for YouTube Playlist Download

All the above 4 methods could help you easily download YouTube playlist for offline viewing. What are their differences? Which one is the best? You could check the below comparison table to learn their differences.

Conclusion

Quite obvious, though you could download YouTube playlist online, or with browser extensions or within YouTube Premium, the best solution without doubt is to make use of CleverGet Video Downloader. It helps you realize the real batch download of YouTube playlist videos, other than downloading a single video from YouTube playlist one by one. CleverGet Video Downloader saves your time and energy in downloading all videos from the same YouTube playlist.