This page shows you how to download a video from YouTube or most any website with a video in Google Chrome without the need of a software program, app or browser extension.

If you have tried downloading a video from YouTube or most websites with video, you will notice that the video url begins with blob: and when you try to paste the url into the web browser address bar the address does not lead to an actual video.

Frustrating but surmountable. The trick to actually getting the real URL or web address of the video so you can actually download the video in Google Chrome involves tricking the target website into believing your web browser is actually a mobile device.

To download a video from YouTube or any other website with a video in Google Chrome without needing to install a software program or browser extension:

  1. Go to the page with the video you want to downloading in Google Chrome.
  2. Press F12 on your keyboard in order to ...