The fast way to download YouTube subtitles
A YouTube subtitle downloader pulls a video's caption track and hands it back to you as files you can actually use. Paste a link, and this free tool gives you a real .srt subtitle file — numbered cues with start and end timecodes — plus a clean .txt transcript, in plain text or with a timestamp on every line. No sign-up, no watermark.
How to download subtitles from a YouTube video
- Copy the video URL from the address bar or the Share button.
- Paste it into the downloader at the top of this page.
- Press Get subtitles and wait a moment while we fetch the captions.
- Download the
.srtor.txt, or copy the whole transcript to your clipboard.
SRT vs TXT: which should you download?
Download the .srt when you need timing: uploading captions to another platform, loading subtitles into a video editor like Premiere or CapCut, or translating a subtitle track. It's the standard SubRip format, so almost every player and editor reads it. Download the .txt when you just want the words — for notes, quotes, search, or feeding the transcript into another tool. There's also a timestamped .txt if you want to skim and still know when each line was said.
Is there a limit?
This free tool is meant for occasional use and runs on a shared queue, so a download can take a moment and there's a small daily cap. If you download subtitles often — or want to export a whole playlist or search page at once, instantly — the Claras Chrome extension removes the wait and the limits, and adds AI summaries and chat on top of any video.