Best Free YouTube Music Downloader

coco
October 28, 2022

Although YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium members can download favorite songs and videos for offline listening, the downloaded songs can only be played within YouTube Music app. You can’t transfer them to mp3 player or other device or play them with other music app, like iTunes, VLC, Windows Media Player, etc.

How to download playlists and albums from YouTube Music?

  1. Find the album or playlist you want to download.
  2. Tap the three-dots icon and select Download. 

You can also click the download arrow on the album or playlist details page.

How to download individual songs from YouTube Music?

You can download individual songs from the watch page, by tapping on the cover art of any song and then tapping Download icon  or by tapping three dots icon and then tapping Download icon.

Free online YouTube Music Downloader

OnlyMP3

There are some online sites that allows you to convert YouTube videos to MP3 music files, you can also use them to download individual songs, however, albums and playlists can’t be downloaded. Not all songs can be downloaded. https://en.onlymp3.to/51/ is such an online Converter Tool.

How to download YouTube Music to MP3 Online?

  1. Open https://music.youtube.com and copy the song link you want to download.
  2. Paste the song link in the Search box on our site.
  3. Please wait while the Converter is processing the song link.
  4. Click the “Download” button. Conversion will be completed shortly.
  5. Once the File is downloaded, you can play it whenever you want.

Pros: Free

Cons:

  • Metadata is not saved.
  • Download bitrate 192 kbps.
  • Song title are changed.

How to copy YouTube Music song link?

  1. Open https://music.youtube.com.
  2. Hover over a song and click the three-dots icon.
  3. Click Share and copy the link.

YTD Video Downloader

YTD Video Downloader is a Windows tool that allows you to download YouTube videos and convert entire playlists and channels in MP4, MKV, M4A, MP3, AVI.

However, the free version seems doesn’t work, when I upgraded to the Pro version($9.99/month), I finally got YouTube videos and songs downloaded.

Pros: Download YouTube videos to MP4 or MP3.

Cons:

  • Metadata is not saved.
  • Download bitrate 256 kbps.

Best YouTube Music Downloader

Ondesoft Audio Recorder

 If you want to use a song from YouTube Music as ringtone and alarm clock, songs downloaded from these services are DRM protected, and hence unavailable for use anywhere except in those apps. You can record an mp3 file of the song to use it as a ringtone. Ondesoft Audio Recorder allows you to record any part, any length of any song instead of downloading the whole songs and then split them.

How to record any YouTube Music songs to MP3?

  1. Download, install and launch Ondesoft Audio Recorder on your Mac.
  2. Click + to add the browser you will use to play YouTube Music. Here we use Safari, you can also use Chrome, Fireworks, etc.
  3. Click the black arrow icon to choose output format from MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, MATROSKA and OGG.
  4. Open https://music.youtube.com, log in and play the song you want to record.
  5. Click the red record icon to the right side of Safari to start recording.

Pros:

  • Record any part of any song.
  • Multiple output formats.

Cons:

  • Metadata is not saved.

Pazu YouTube Music Converter

The best way to download YouTube Music songs, albums and playlists is to use a professional YouTube Music Downloader. Pazu YouTube Music Converter is such a professional YouTube Music Downloader with YouTube Music web player built-in. You can easily browse or search the songs, album and playlist you want to download and then download them to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF within one click.

If you want to download YouTube Music songs, albums and playlists without subscribing to YouTube Music Premium, then all you need is Pazu YouTube Music Converter.

1. Run Pazu YouTube Music Converter 

To get started, download, install and run Pazu YouTube Music Converter on your Windows PC, which features a built-in YouTube Music web player.

If you have already purchased a license, click the key icon to register the converter. If not, continue using the trial version.

You don’t need to sign in to your YouTube Music account.

2. Choose output format

The default output format is M4A. Pazu YouTube Music Converter also supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. Click Option button to change output format or output folder if you need. You can also change bitrate, samplerate according to your needs.

3. Add songs

Browse or search to fidn the songs, albums or playlist you want to download. Click the album or playlist you want to download. Then click the red icon to load songs. 

All songs in the playlist/album will be selected by default. You can uncheck the songs you don’t want to get.

4. Click Convert button

After selecting the songs, click Convert button to start downloading YouTube Music songs to the format you choose. You will see a progress circle indicating your music is downloading.

Once the songs have been downloaded, click the folder icon to quickly locate the DRM-free YouTube Music songs in the format you choose. You can then transfer and play it anywhere.

To view or manage all music you’ve downloaded, click the clock icon on the top right corner of the YouTube Music Converter interface.