YouTube resource

How to Export YouTube Data with Google Takeout

A YouTube data export uses Google Takeout with YouTube and YouTube Music selected. The focused workflow avoids starting with an account-wide archive and still lets you refine the YouTube data included.

Open the visual YouTube export guide See the workflow

The decision that matters

Choose the right export before you start

General Google Takeout starts with many products selected. The focused YouTube route narrows the first decision, then lets you review YouTube-specific options before choosing delivery and archive settings.

Current workflow

How to complete the current provider export

Open the Google Takeout page for YouTube data exports and sign in.
Open the first-party step
Confirm that YouTube and YouTube Music is the selected product; use its data-options control to refine the scope.
Open the first-party step
Click Next step.
Open the first-party step
Choose the delivery method; Send download link via email keeps the archive out of a connected external destination.
Open the first-party step
Set Frequency to Export once.
Open the first-party step
Choose the file type and maximum file size; larger exports are split into multiple archives.
Open the first-party step
Click Create export. Google emails you when the archive is ready.
Open the first-party step

Reviewed visual references

Match the current first-party screens

Google Takeout YouTube and YouTube Music selection — Google Takeout, YouTube, and their interfaces are trademarks and interface content of Google LLC; shown unaltered for independent instructional reference without affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.

Google Takeout YouTube export destination, frequency, and file options — Google Takeout, YouTube, and their interfaces are trademarks and interface content of Google LLC; shown unaltered for independent instructional reference without affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.

What this workflow covers

Useful output and next steps

Opening the Takeout flow with YouTube and YouTube Music selected
Refining the included YouTube data before continuing
Choosing one-time delivery, file type, archive size, and creating the export

Objections and limits

What this resource does not promise

YouTube exports are delivered through Google Takeout rather than a separate YouTube archive tool.
Large exports can be split across multiple archive files.
Download Your Data does not currently provide a YouTube analysis workspace.

Repository evidence

Current in-product visual guide route

#guide/youtube

This exact route or input shape is maintained in frontend/application/routing.js.

First-party sources

Verify the provider workflow

Questions before you export

Frequently asked questions

Is a YouTube data export the same as a full Google Takeout?

It uses Google Takeout, but the focused route starts with YouTube and YouTube Music selected instead of requiring an account-wide export.

Can I choose which YouTube data to include?

Yes. Use the YouTube and YouTube Music data-options control before moving to the delivery step.

Where does Google send the YouTube archive?

You choose the delivery method. The guide highlights email delivery because it avoids connecting an additional external destination.

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