Watch a purchased movie or show on YouTube

Once you buy or rent movies and TV shows on YouTube, you can watch them on a computer, mobile device, smart TV, streaming device or game console. To access your purchases, make sure that you're signed in to your Google Account. Your rentals are available during the rental period after you start watching for the first time. Purchases are available indefinitely. See our usage rules for more info.

Viewers in the United States, Germany, France, Australia and the United Kingdom: If you've purchased a subscription to a Primetime Channel on YouTube, you'll see programmes in your recommendations on Home and in your YouTube Search results. You can also view your purchased subscriptions directly.

Note: Some videos offer additional qualities for a different price. Playback of HD and UHD titles is only available on certain supported devices and at certain Internet speeds. See HD/UHD device requirements for more info.

Watch on a computer

To access purchased movies and TV shows on a computer, sign in to YouTube and select Your movies and TV in the left-hand menu. From there, select 'Purchased' to view movies and TV shows that you've purchased.

You can watch movies and shows that you've rented or purchased on web browsers that support HTML5 playback. See which web browsers work with movies and shows on YouTube.

Watch on a mobile device

You can watch rentals and purchases on certain smartphones and tablets using the YouTube Mobile app on your device.

You can find all the videos that you've purchased by tapping your profile picture, and then going to 'Your movies and TV'.

Note:

You can purchase content on your iOS device in selected locations. To see if iOS purchases are supported in your location, please check here.
If iOS purchasing is not supported in your location, you can still purchase movies and TV shows on another device. After purchasing, you can watch the content on your iOS device.
Some movies and show purchases made on the YouTube Android app are billed via Google Play. This does not impact pricing or cost. You can also request a refund.

Watch using Chromecast

If you own a Chromecast, you can use it to watch YouTube rentals and purchases on your TV. Start by opening the YouTube app on your mobile device and making sure that you are signed in to your Google Account. After you've done that:

Select a YouTube video that you'd like to watch.
To cast the video to your TV, click cast .

You can also cast from your Chrome Browser by following the steps listed in this article.

For general questions about using Chromecast, visit the Chromecast Help Centre.

Watch on smart TVs or other streaming devices

You can also access purchased movies and TV shows on the YouTube app for smart TVs, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV and Roku.

View movies and shows that you've purchased on YouTube by signing in to the YouTube app. Go to 'Your Movies & shows' in the library tab to watch all of your content. Make sure that you have the latest version of the YouTube app installed on your device.

Rentals and purchases can also be cast to Android TV using the cast button on your phone, tablet or computer.

Watch on game consoles

Movies and TV shows purchased on YouTube can be viewed using Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Nintendo Switch devices.

To watch a movie or TV show that you've purchased, sign in to the YouTube app, then go to the library tab

'Your Movies & shows'. From there, select 'Purchased' to view movies and TV shows that you've purchased.

You cannot purchase movies or TV shows on game consoles. You can purchase the movie or TV show on another device and then watch it on your game console using the instructions above.

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