How to Download Multiple Videos at Once on Android (Step-by-Step)

Step-by-step

1. 1

   Copy the YouTube video or playlist links

   Open the YouTube app or youtube.com in Chrome on Android and find the videos you want. For a single video, tap Share and choose Copy Link. For a full playlist, open the playlist page, tap Share, and choose Copy Link. You can also copy each video URL one by one if you want to pick and choose. The URLs look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCdEfGhIj or https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1234567890.

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   Open Savevids bulk mode in Chrome on Android

   Open a new tab in Chrome, Samsung Internet, Brave, or Opera on Android and go to savevidsapp.com. Tap the Bulk tile on the home screen, or open the bulk downloader page directly. The page loads in under a second on a normal Wi-Fi or cellular connection and the layout is optimized for phone screens.

3. 3

   Paste up to 30 links, one per line

   Tap inside the input box on the bulk downloader page and paste the links you copied, one per line. You can also separate them with commas or spaces. Savevids accepts up to 30 links per bulk job, which is more than enough for a typical playlist. Check that each link is a full URL, including the 11-character video ID or the playlist token.

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   Tap Download and let bulk mode run

   Tap the Download button. Savevids reads each link in sequence, fetches the MP4 source for each video, and queues the files for download. A progress bar shows you how many links have been processed and how many are left. Keep the tab open and the screen on until the job finishes, which usually takes a few minutes for a 10-video playlist on Wi-Fi.

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   Find your MP4 files in the Downloads folder

   When each MP4 is ready, Chrome saves it straight to your Downloads folder. Open the Downloads app, or the Files app on Samsung and Pixel devices, to see all the saved videos. The Gallery app picks them up automatically within a few seconds, so you can also find them under Recent. Long-press a file in Files to move it to a specific album if you want to keep things tidy.

What you can download in bulk on Android

Savevids bulk mode reads any YouTube URL you can open in an incognito window in Chrome on Android. Public videos, unlisted videos with the share token in the URL, and full playlists up to 30 videos all work. Each link is processed independently, so if one fails the rest still download, which makes bulk jobs much more reliable than chaining single downloads.

What bulk mode cannot reach: truly private videos locked to specific accounts, members-only uploads, paid rentals, and Premiere videos that have not gone live yet. Savevids never asks for your YouTube credentials, so anything that needs a login to view simply will not work. For age-restricted public videos, bulk mode handles them the same way single downloads do, since the source file is still public.

For long playlists with more than 30 videos, split the job into batches. Copy the first 30 links, run the bulk job, then copy the next 30 and run again. Most playlists fit in two or three batches, which is still far faster than downloading each video one by one and managing the queue manually.

• Public videos, up to 30 per bulk job
• Unlisted videos with the share token in the URL
• Full YouTube playlists up to 30 videos
• Age-restricted public videos
• Live stream recordings, after the stream ends
• Shorts, mixed in with regular videos in the same bulk job

Download playlist from youtube android: quality and formats

YouTube encodes every upload at multiple resolutions, and bulk mode saves the highest quality the source offers by default. For most videos that means HD MP4 at 1080p or 720p, which is what most people want for offline viewing. The original frame rate, usually 30 fps or 60 fps, and the 16:9 landscape or 9:16 vertical aspect ratio are preserved in every saved file.

If you want to save storage on your phone, you can switch the bulk default to SD MP4 at 480p before starting the job. The MP4s will be roughly half the file size, which matters when you are saving a 20-video playlist to a phone with 64 GB of storage. MP3 audio only is also available as a bulk option, which is the right pick when you want a playlist of music or podcasts without the video.

Savevids never re-encodes the video, so there is no quality loss in transit. The default filename matches the YouTube video title, which makes it easy to find a specific clip later. For very long videos, such as 4-hour podcast recordings, the saved MP4 is the same single file YouTube serves to the player, with no chapter markers added or removed.

• HD MP4 at 1080p or 720p (default, best quality)
• SD MP4 at 480p (smaller file, half the storage)
• MP3 audio only (for music and podcast playlists)
• Original frame rate, aspect ratio, and audio sample rate preserved
• Filenames match the YouTube video title for easy lookup
• No re-encoding, no watermark, no quality loss

Where bulk MP4 files land on Android

On Android 10 and later, Chrome and Samsung Internet save every bulk MP4 straight to the Downloads folder. Open the Downloads app, or the Files app on Samsung and Pixel devices, to see all the saved videos. They are listed in reverse chronological order, so the most recent bulk job is at the top. The Gallery app on most Android phones picks the videos up automatically within a few seconds, so you can also find them under Recent in Gallery.

If you want to keep bulk jobs organized, create a dedicated folder in the Files app before you start. Long-press each saved MP4 and choose Move to relocate it to the new folder. Most Android phones also let you change the default download location in Chrome settings, so you can point bulk jobs straight at a YouTube folder you have already set up.

For very large bulk jobs, such as a 30-video playlist at 1080p, your phone may pause background downloads to save battery. Plug the phone into a charger, keep the screen on, and tap the Chrome notification to resume if it pauses. On Android 13 and later, you can also grant Chrome permission to download in the background, which prevents the pause.

• Downloads app: every MP4 from the bulk job, in reverse chronological order
• Files app on Samsung and Pixel: same files, with a folder view
• Gallery app: picks up the MP4s automatically within a few seconds
• Create a dedicated YouTube folder in Files before you start
• Change the default download location in Chrome settings
• Plug in the charger and keep the screen on for very large jobs

Troubleshooting bulk downloads on Android

Most issues come down to the link, the network, or the browser. Start by re-copying each URL from the YouTube app's Share menu, because the Share sheet sometimes appends tracking parameters that confuse the parser. If one link in a bulk job fails, the rest still download, so you can re-run the failed link as a single job.

A slow campus, office, or coffee shop network can time out before a 30-video job finishes. Switch to a personal hotspot or wait until you are on a faster Wi-Fi connection. If Chrome pauses the job in the background, tap the Chrome notification to resume, or keep the screen on until the job is done.

For private or members-only videos, there is no workaround, because YouTube gates them behind a login. The same goes for Premiere videos that have not gone live yet. If a single link in the bulk job returns an error, remove it from the list and re-run the rest. For brand new uploads, give YouTube a few minutes to finish processing all resolutions before you try.

• Re-copy each URL from the YouTube app's Share menu
• Switch to a personal hotspot on slow public Wi-Fi
• Tap the Chrome notification if a job pauses in the background
• Keep the screen on and the phone plugged in for large jobs
• Skip private, members-only, and Premiere videos
• Re-run any failed link as a single download

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