Fifteen tracks on an album, forty lessons in a course – going link by link takes forever. The Green Convert YouTube playlist downloader reads the entire list for you, so you can download a YouTube playlist as MP3 or MP4 one video after another without hunting for each link.
How to download a YouTube playlist
1. Copy the playlist link
Open the playlist on YouTube (in the app, tap the playlist’s name to get to its own page) and tap Share → Copy link. The link has to contain list=.
2. Paste it into Green Convert
Press Convert and you’ll see the playlist name, how many videos it holds, and the full list.
3. Work through the list
Tap Download next to the first track, choose MP3 or an MP4 quality, then move on to the next. The list stays open the whole time.
Which link works?
| You copied… | Looks like | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| The playlist page | youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… |
Every video is listed |
| A YouTube Music album | youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy… |
Every track |
| A video playing inside a playlist | watch?v=…&list=PL… |
Just that video |
| A Mix | watch?v=…&list=RD… |
Just that video |
Playlist to MP3
This is what most people come for: albums and mixes as MP3s for the car or a speaker. Bitrates and sizes are covered on the YouTube to MP3 page.
Playlist to MP4
For courses and series, MP4 720p keeps on-screen text readable without filling your phone. More on qualities in YouTube to MP4.
No link? Search by name
Type an artist or album – taylor swift full album, python course from scratch – and download the matching videos straight from the results.
Private and deleted videos won’t show up, since there’s nothing left to download, so the count can be lower than on YouTube. Only save your own playlists or content you’re allowed to keep. Green Convert isn’t affiliated with YouTube.