Is there a backup of YouTube videos?

As the most popular video-sharing platform, YouTube has a wide variety of videos. However, the website does not support auto backups for videos, so how to backup YouTube channels or create YouTube video backups is always a topic of concern. Here, we will share two ways to backup YouTube videos effortlessly.

How to download YouTube videos

Before learning how to backup YouTube videos, let’s take a look at the steps for downloading videos from the YouTube website.

YouTube Premium has the ability to download videos and watch them offline without third-party software. You can open the site of the video you want to download, tap on Download, then choose quality options, such as 720p or 480p.

2 ways to create YouTube video backup with ease

The following explains how to backup YouTube offline videos in two free ways - using Google Takeout and a free cloud backup service, CBackup. Please choose the method you prefer.

Way 1. Backup YouTube channel using Google Takeout

Google Takeout offers you an easy way to backup videos to Google Drive from YouTube. It allows you to create YouTube channel backups, including videos, search history, playlists, comments, subscriptions, and so on. Now, let's go over the steps for backing up YouTube videos:

Step 1. Go to the Google Takeout webpage and tap on the Deselect all button.

Step 2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and tick the YouTube and YouTube Music option. Then, hit Next step.

Step 3. Choose the method that you wish to receive the backup as Add to Drive. You can also save YouTube videos to Dropbox, OneDrive, and other online video storage options by picking the corresponding option.

Step 4. Select frequency and file type & size. Then, click on Create export.

Way 2. Backup YouTube video with CBackup

The second method for you to take YouTube download backup is to use the free cloud backup tool - CBackup. This tool is full of outstanding features, allowing you to backup YouTube downloaded videos automatically.

• It enables you to create YouTube video backup to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, CBackup Cloud, and multiple clouds.

• With its Scheduled Backup, you can set up auto backups for YouTube videos in flexible frequencies, like Google Drive daily backup, weekly backup, and monthly backup.

• It is an incremental backup software that allows you to backup only changed files or newly-added videos instead of full copy every time.

• Other useful features: It offers File Filter to exclude certain files or contain specific files for backup with one click.

• It works perfectly on all Windows operating systems, including Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, and XP.

Please install this software on your computer and learn how to backup YouTube downloaded videos as follows:

Backup YouTube videos to Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox

If you want to take backup of YouTube downloaded videos to mainstream public clouds, like Google Drive, OneDrive, ect., you can go on with the following guide.

Step 1. Apply for an account for CBackup and sign in to its desktop application.

Step 2. Choose Storage, select a cloud drive that you want to store YouTube video backups (such as Google Drive), and hit Authorize Now to sign in with your Google Drive account and grant CBackup access to the cloud files.

Step 3. Then, select Backup to choose the Backup PC to Public Cloud button.

Step 4. Locate the Download folder that contains the downloaded YouTube videos, and specify Google Drive as the backup destination. Then, click on Start Backup to backup YouTube videos simply.

Backup YouTube videos to CBackup Cloud

CBackup Cloud gives 10GB of free backup space for every account, and it provides you with 1TB and 5TB scalable backup space.

Step 1. Run the CBackup desktop client and sign in.

Step 2. Head toward the Backup tab, and choose Backup PC to CBackup Cloud.

Step 3. Select downloaded YouTube data for backup and tap on Start Backup.

If you are interested in the CBackup cloud backup service, there are many other useful features you can use:
✿ Video sync: You can sync videos from PC to clouds, such as Google Drive, and OneDrive, easily.
✿ Cloud to cloud backup/sync: You can transfer files between clouds without downloading and uploading.
✿ Cloud storage combination: It offers you to combine Google Drive accounts, OneDrive accounts, and merge OneDrive and Google Drive accounts to increase cloud storage for free.

The bottom line

On this page, we collect two free and easy methods for you to easily create YouTube video backups to clouds like Google Drive, OneDrive, and so forth. With the free cloud backup and sync utility - CBackup, you can only backup videos to multiple clouds, but also perform video backup in daily, weekly, and monthly schedules according to your needs.

Besides, you can rely on its Cloud to Cloud Backup function to move files between cloud storage seamlessly and quickly.