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Convert YouTube captions into plain text transcripts.

Request a transcript

Members-only or signed-in captions need cookies from a desktop browser on your machine. On this server, set Cookies from browser to None, or run Shelf locally.

Paste a full watch or youtu.be link.

Leave blank to use the default downloads folder for this tool.

Used when not downloading all tracks (for example en or fa).

For members-only or age-gated captions, choose the browser where you are signed in to YouTube.

Tips

Plain .txt files are written by default. Original .vtt / .srt files are removed after conversion unless you keep them. Quote URLs when using the CLI.