🆔 YouTube Video ID Extractor
Paste one or many YouTube links — watch pages, Shorts, youtu.be, embeds or live URLs — and get clean video IDs and canonical links for spreadsheets, APIs and embeds.
✅ Free · No sign-up
- Video ID
- Canonical URL
- Thumbnail
- hqdefault.jpg
| # | Input | Video ID | Canonical URL |
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How to use the YouTube Video ID Extractor
- Paste one link or a whole list (or any text containing links).
- Pick the canonical URL style.
- Press Extract IDs and copy the IDs or URLs, or download a CSV.
Example
- Input
- https://youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ?feature=share
- Output
- ID dQw4w9WgXcQ · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Why creators use it
- Build a spreadsheet of video IDs for a content audit.
- Get IDs for the YouTube API, embeds or end-screen planning.
- Clean tracking parameters (si=, feature=) out of shared links.
Good to know
- The tool checks the ID format offline; it does not check whether the video exists or is public.
- Playlist-only, channel and search links contain no single video ID and are reported as such.
Frequently asked questions
What is a YouTube video ID?
The 11-character code (letters, digits, - and _) that identifies a video, e.g. dQw4w9WgXcQ.
Does it work with Shorts and live links?
Yes: /shorts/, /live/, /embed/, youtu.be, m.youtube.com and music.youtube.com links are supported.
Is anything sent to YouTube?
No. Extraction happens in your browser using the same parser as the site’s other YouTube tools.