If you try to go against the Terms of Service, YouTube has a bunch of legal options available, ranging from a ban to even a civil lawsuit. You must be thinking as to what would happen if you do try to download videos from YouTube.

However, if you are on mobile, things are a bit different because then, YouTube officially allows you to download videos via its own app which are also visible only in YouTube app.

Read More: How to download YouTube Shorts? There are always videos which are protected by the sites and cannot be downloaded. Due to this, the Chrome web store, responsible for handling the Chrome extensions, does not allow any sort of YouTube video downloader. The keyword here being download, implicates that you cannot use any type of Video downloaders, including Chrome extensions, on YouTube to download or save any video to your PC. Once you start using YouTube, you agree to its terms of service which say that “ 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 authorised by the Service or (b) with prior written permission from YouTube and, if applicable, the respective rights holders”. However, despite the fact that it is so popular, one cannot download YouTube videos via Chrome extensions or be it any downloader. Reports suggest that YouTube is the second most used search engine after Google, despite the fact that it is a streaming service and not a search engine.

YouTube Videos are the go-to solution for many when it comes to entertainment or educational needs, or if you want the solution to anything else.

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