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YouTube title & description copy

Paste a public YouTube video or Shorts link. Copy the title and the description on their own, and copy public tags when the video has them.

Copy a YouTube title and description

  1. Step 1

    Copy the video or Shorts link

    Copy the public watch link, a youtu.be link, or a Shorts link. Channel pages are not a video.

  2. Step 2

    Paste it on this page

    Videos and Shorts use the same box. The result labels a Shorts link so you know which one you pasted.

  3. Step 3

    Copy the piece you need

    Copy the title, the description, or the tags as a comma-separated list. Copy all joins those three with blank lines.

Questions

How do I copy a YouTube title and description by link?

Paste the public video URL. The title and the description are shown as separate blocks, so you can copy either one.

Can I copy a YouTube video title by link?

Yes. The title is returned next to the description with a Copy title button.

How does the YouTube tag extractor work?

Public tags from the video snippet are listed and can be copied as a comma-separated list. Tags the channel did not publish are not guessed.

Does YouTube Shorts caption copy work here?

Paste the Shorts link. The description on a Short is the text you can copy, along with the title and any public tags.

Can I copy spoken subtitles or a transcript?

No. This page copies the title, description, and tags. It does not fetch subtitles or a transcript.

What does save caption YouTube mean here?

This page copies the text. To keep a YouTube description on your phone, use the Caption Copy app after you copy it.

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