Watch videos offline on mobile in selected countries and regions

In selected areas, you can download certain videos from the YouTube mobile app to play offline.

The features described in this article are available in the locations listed below. If YouTube Premium is available in your location, you can watch downloaded videos on your mobile device by becoming a YouTube Premium member. If you're a YouTube Premium member, learn how to manage your download settings.

Locations where downloading videos is available

YouTube may not be available in the following locations and therefore may not operate in these territories. We're working to add more territories and bring a localised version of YouTube to more countries/regions.

Afghanistan Algeria Angola Antarctica Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Botswana Bouvet Island British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Burkina Faso Burundi Côte d'Ivoire Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde The Central African Republic Chad Comoros Cook Islands Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Georgia Ghana Grenada Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau

India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia The Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Papua New Guinea

Philippines Qatar Republic of the Congo Réunion Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Saint Helena Saint Pierre and Miquelon Samoa Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Gambia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Download videos to watch offline

If you're in one of the countries/regions listed above, you can download certain videos from the YouTube mobile app to watch offline. These videos will be available for up to 48 hours. After that, you'll need to reconnect your device to a mobile or Wi-Fi network every 48 hours. Reconnecting will allow the app to check for changes to the video or its availability.

1. Go to the video watch page.
2. Below the video, tap Download or tap More Download.
3. Once the video is downloaded, Downloaded will turn blue below the video.

If your device loses connectivity as you're downloading a video or playlist, your progress will resume automatically when you reconnect to the Internet.

Note: In some countries/regions, non-music content can be played for up to 29 days without requiring an Internet connection. You'll need to reconnect to the Internet at least once every 29 days after this.

Learn more about YouTube offline videos.

View and remove downloaded videos

Remove individual videos

To view videos or playlists that have been downloaded, tap Downloads  in the Library tab  of the YouTube mobile app.

You can remove videos that you've downloaded in two ways.

1. Tap Download  below the video that you'd like to remove.
2. Select Delete.

Or

1. Go to the Library tab  in the YouTube mobile app. 
2. Tap Downloads. 
3. Tap More  next to the video that you'd like to remove.
4. Select Delete from downloads.

Remove all downloaded videos

You can view and delete the videos that you've downloaded with the following steps:

1. Tap your profile picture   Settings  .

2. Under 'Background & downloads', tap Delete downloads.

3. In the dialogue box, tap Delete.

Update Download settings

By default, videos are downloaded on iPhones and iPads through Wi-Fi only. To allow videos or playlists to be downloaded over mobile networks, tap your profile picture   Settings   Background and downloads and turn off Download over Wi-Fi only.

Set the default quality of your downloads by going to Settings   Background & downloads  Download quality. Higher-quality videos may consume more data, take longer to appear in the Downloads section and take up more space on your device.

To view how much space you have left on your device for downloadable content, tap your profile picture   Settings  Background & downloads. If you have less than 5% of storage space remaining on your device, you won't be able to download more videos. To free up extra space, try removing existing downloads or other content stored on your device.

Offline availability

Some videos are unavailable for offline playback. In most countries/regions, if a video is unavailable for offline playback, Download  will be unavailable.

Notes

• In India, starting 29 October 2020, users will need a YouTube Premium subscription to download T-Series Music.
• In South Africa and India, videos on YouTube (not including shows and movies for purchase) will be available to download. But, some will require a YouTube Premium membership to move forward.
  • For these videos, if you're not yet a member, tapping Download  will prompt you to sign up for YouTube Premium. As a YouTube Premium member, you can download the video.

Downloaded videos can be played offline for up to 48 hours. After that, you'll need to reconnect your device to a mobile or Wi-Fi network every 48 hours. Reconnecting will allow the app to check for changes to the video or its availability. If a video is no longer available for offline playback, it will be removed from your device during the next sync.

You must be signed in to download videos. Videos or playlists that are added to Downloads can be played while signed in with the same account. Some features, like commenting and liking, are only available when your device is connected to a mobile or Wi-Fi network.

Recommended downloads

There will be a list of recommended content on the Downloads page below any videos that you've already downloaded. There may also be a panel pop-up at the bottom of your screen when we have new download recommendations.

To download recommended videos, tap Download .

Recommended downloads won't be automatically saved to your device, nor use any of your storage, unless you tap Download  to save them. If you tap Download while you're offline, the video will be downloaded the next time that you connect to a network approved for downloads.

If you would like to opt out of receiving download recommendations:

1. Tap your profile picture .
2. Tap Settings   Background & downloads.
3. Turn off Recommend Downloads.