There are a lot of free online YouTube downloaders that you can use to download public private videos, but you cannot use them to download private YouTube video. In this article, I will show you 5 ways to download YouTube videos that can only be viewed by those who are invited by the uploader without the need to install any software.

As the private Vimeo video is based on the RTMP protocol, only Safari supports downloading this kind of video. Here are the steps to download private Vimeo videos in Safari. 1) Launch Safari browser. 2) Browse the video you want to download, input the password. 3) Click the Download button on the top of the video to download it. Download private VIMEO video of the current tab. Works as expected! Thank you very much for this. Just as a side note for new users: when you first install it, on the same page of the video you want to download make sure you refresh the page first so the extension is activated, then click on the extension icon and a drop down menu should appear where you can choose which video quality you want.

As long as you can view the private YouTube video, you can use one of the methods to download it to your PC. Of course, you can also use these methods to download unlisted YouTube videos, which can be viewed and shared by anyone with the video link.

Download Private YouTube Video with Firefox Add-on

The first method would be to use a Firefox Add-on called Video Downloader Professional. YouTube certainly doesn’t want you to download videos from YouTube, so you probably cannot find a similar Chrome extension from Chrome Web Store.

With this Firefox Add-on installed, you can easily download any YouTube videos that you can view. You can follow the steps below to see how it works.

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Step 1. Open Firefox Web browser, and go to the YouTube video page to watch the video that you want to download.

Step 2. Click on the Video Downloader Professional add-on icon.

Step 3. From the dropdown list, you can select the video quality to download the private YouTube video. Be aware that you should only choose the options with file size, because other options without file size require downloading another program.

As you may know, YouTube saves audio and video separately for high-quality videos (1080P or above), so this Firefox add-on only allows you to download YouTube videos with quality up to 720P. If you want to download 1080P or higher quality videos, you can check the other options.

Download YouTube Video with ByClick Downloader

If you want to download private YouTube videos with a dedicated tool for better performance, then you need to try this ByClick Downloader(formerly known as YouTube By Click). As its name suggested, it is mainly for downloading high-quality videos from YouTube. You can use it to download all videos from a YouTube playlist or channel. What’s more, you can also use it to download videos from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vimeo, Dailymotion, YouKu and many more.

For private YouTube videos, you first need to click Option and under the Accounts tab, you can request to grant access from Chrome if you have logged in on Chrome. You can always revoke access if needed.

After that, you can copy any private YouTube video URL, the program will detect it automatically, and then you can choose to download video or audio.

That’s it. this is probably the easiest way to download YouTube videos, private or public.

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Download Private YouTube Video with DumpMedia Video Downloader

DumpMedia Video Downloader is a professional third-party software application that has the ability to download not only video but also audio files from several sites including YouTube, of course, Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Dailymotion, and a lot more.

If you want to change the resolutions of the videos or process a bunch of files in one go, you can use DumpMedia Video Downloader.

These are detailed steps as we want to let you immediately use the app after installation.

Step 1. Launch the app and make sure that you have your YouTube video link ready. Once you open the app, you’ll immediately see a bar. Paste the YouTube video’s URL and after doing so, click the “Analyze” button.

Step 2. Then you can select the output formats available. The video resolutions and sound quality will be displayed on the screen. You can choose any that you prefer.

Additionally, it is suggested to define a storage location wherein the output files will be saved. So, select one as well for easy access.

Step 3. Once done with these things (setting up), just tick on the “Download” button that you’ll surely immediately see.

Download Private YouTube Videos with the Highest Quality

Allavsoft is an ultimate media downloader program for Windows and Mac that allows you to download high quality video and music from YouTube and many other websites. You can also save YouTube private videos as the original video format, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, etc.

You can refer to the steps below to any private, unlisted, or public YouTube video.

Step 1. Free download Allavsoft ( for Windows or Mac). Install and then launch it.

Step 2. Copy the URL of the private YouTube video that you want to download and paste the selected private YouTube video URL to Allavsoft.

Step 3. By default, it will automatically download the highest quality available, which can be changed according to your need. You can change the output formats to MP4, AVI, MOV, and many more formats by clicking the “Automatically Convert to” button. After that, click the “Download” button to complete downloading the private YouTube video.

Step 4. Since it is a private YouTube video, you will be prompted to enter your YouTube account that granted access to view this private video. After that, the video will be downloaded to your computer.

Besides YouTube videos, you can also use Allavsoft to download videos from Udemy, Facebook, Gaia, and download music from Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, etc.

Download Private YouTube Videos on Android or iOS

As you may have heard about the youtube-dl, open-source program for downloading YouTube videos. Of course, you can also use it to download private videos. You can check this post to learn how to use it on Windows. Recently, I have discovered how to run it on both Android and iOS.

So first, let’s see how to install youtube-dl on Android to download private videos.

Step 1. Download and install a free app called Termux from Google Play Store.

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Step 2. Open Termux and run the following commands one by one:

Step 3. Run the following command to download private YouTube videos be sure to replace the [YouTube URL], [your account], and [password] with your own accordingly.

Then all the downloaded videos should be saved in your Downloads folder. For iOS users, you can use the free app A-Shell to run youtube-dl on iOS.

Bonus 1: Browser Developer Tools

If you don’t want to download anything, not even an addon, you can just use web browser’s Developer Tools to download private YouTube video on your PC or Mac. It is a little complicated than the other methods though. video and audio will be downloaded separately. If that’s okay with you, follow the steps below to get started.

Step 1. Open your web browser and get to the private YouTube video watching page. Edge and Firefox are recommended.

Step 2. Right-click on any blank space and select “Inspect Element” to bring out the Developer Tools window.

Step 3. Click on Network and then select Media under the Network tab. URLs to the audio and video files will be listed here. You may reload and play the video to see these URLs.

If you use Chome, there are probably no results. In that case, click the All tab instead of Media and sort them by size from largest to smallest. Then you will see the URLs to the media files since they are larger in size generally.

Step 4. Click on each link to see the content type under “Headers” tab. You may see “audio/webm” or “video/mp4”. Just doube-click on one of these links to open it in a new tab.

Step 5. In the new tab address bar, delete the range parameter in the query string and press Enter.

Step 6. When the page is reloaded, you will see the video or audio is playable and you can right-click to select “Save As” to download the private YouTube video or audio.

As mentioned, you have to download the video without sound and audio separately. Then you can use a media editor app to combine them. The downloaded video quality depends on your monitor’s resolution. If you use a 4k display, then you can use this method to download YouTube videos in 4K.

Bonus 2: Download Private YouTube Videos with IDM

You probably have heard about Internet Download Manager (IDM). In case you haven’t, IDM is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times. With its integrated web browser add-on, you can download all your favorite videos from YouTube and other websites. If you don’t want to enter your password to third party software and you want download private YouTube video in high quality, this is the way.

Step 1. Download the latest version of IDM. Only after you successfully install IDM can you get to the next step.

Step 2. Open your favorite web browser, Chrome, Firefox, or IE. You will get a prompt to enable IDM add-on or extension, and be sure to enable it.

If you don’t get the prompt, you may install it manually. Open the folder where you have installed IDM and look for the file named “IDMGCExt.crx” or “IDMGCExt”.

Step 3. Go to YouTube and start playing the private YouTube video that you want to download. You will see a message from YouTube saying “Download this video”, and you just click the button and select the file attributes to download the video.

This will download the video with the same quality that you are watching, so if you want to download 4K YouTube video, be sure to play it in 4K from your web browser.

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You can also use this method to download a private Facebook video, but you can only use the IE web browser. I have tried it with Chrome and Firefox, there is no download option when playing private Facebook video.

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Conclusion

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These 5 different methods to download private YouTube videos all are tested working in 2021. Allavsoft is my favorite option because it can do much more than just downloading videos from YouTube. If you don’t like to input your YouTube password, then choose the Firefox add-on or IDM method.