With smart downloads, recommended videos are automatically added to your library to watch offline. Watch videos on the go and discover new content without the hassle of searching. Downloads will stop if you disconnect from Wi-Fi, or if your device's storage is low.
Turn on Smart Downloads
From your signed-in YouTube Premium account:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Tap your profile picture
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- Tap Downloads
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- From the Menu
, select Settings.
- Toggle Smart Downloads to on
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.Note: Your device must be connected to the Internet to begin downloading videos.
Turn off Smart Downloads
From your signed-in YouTube Premium account:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Tap your profile picture
- Tap Downloads
- From the Menu
- Toggle Recommended downloads to off
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.Find and watch Smart Downloads
From your signed-in YouTube Premium account:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Tap your profile picture
- Tap Downloads
Smart Downloads.
Smart Downloads.You'll see a list of recommended videos selected and downloaded for you based on your watch history.
Remove a video from your Smart Downloads
Remove recommended downloads in two ways:
- Under the video player, tap Downloaded
next to the video that you'd like to remove.
- Click Delete.
next to the video that you'd like to remove.Or
- Tap your profile picture
- Tap the menu
- Select Delete from downloads.
New videos will be downloaded every seven days and the previously downloaded videos will be replaced.
Change Smart Downloads quality/resolution
From your signed-in YouTube Premium account:
- Open the YouTube app.
- Tap your profile picture
- Tap Downloads
- From the menu
- Tap Download quality.
- Select your preferred download quality setting from the options listed.
Adjust your storage settings
From your signed-in YouTube Premium account:
- Open the YouTube app and go to your Settings.
- Tap Background and downloads
- Select Custom.
- Use the slider to select the amount of storage that you'd like your device to use for Smart Downloads.