YouTube Video ID Finder

Paste any YouTube link and get the video ID instantly. Works with watch, youtu.be, Shorts, live and embed links. Free, and everything runs in your browser.

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#	Input	Video ID

User Guide — YouTube Video ID Finder

What Is This Tool?

The YouTube Video ID Finder extracts the unique 11-character video ID from any YouTube link. The ID is useful for embedding videos, building thumbnail URLs, working with the YouTube API, filling spreadsheets and tracking videos across tools.

How to Use — Step by Step

Copy the video linkCopy the URL from your browser's address bar, or use the Share button on YouTube.

Paste it into the toolPaste one link in Single mode, or many links (one per line) in Bulk mode.

Click Find Video IDThe ID appears instantly. Nothing is uploaded, so results are immediate.

Copy what you needCopy the ID, short link, embed code or a thumbnail URL. In Bulk mode, download all IDs as a CSV.

How to Find a YouTube Video ID Manually

Every YouTube video has an ID inside its link. You can read it yourself without any tool:

Link type	Where the ID is
Standard watch link	`youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ` — after `v=`
Short link	`youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ` — after the slash
YouTube Shorts	`youtube.com/shorts/dQw4w9WgXcQ`
Live stream	`youtube.com/live/dQw4w9WgXcQ`
Embed link	`youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ`

Anything after the ID, such as &t=30s or &list=..., is not part of the ID.

Good to Know

Always 11 characters: letters, numbers, hyphen (-) and underscore (_). IDs are case-sensitive.
Playlist-only links: a link with only list= has no video ID. Use a link to a specific video, or the Playlist Extractor.
Thumbnail availability: the max-resolution thumbnail does not exist for every video. If a preview looks blank, use the next size down.
Privacy: extraction runs in your browser. The tool does not check whether the video is public, private or deleted.

Frequently Asked Questions

A YouTube video ID is the unique 11-character code that identifies a video. It is made of letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, for example dQw4w9WgXcQ.

Paste the video link into the YouTube Video ID Finder and click Find Video ID. In a standard link, the ID is the part after v= in the address. In youtu.be, Shorts, live and embed links, it is the part right after the domain or path.

The tool supports standard watch links, youtu.be short links, Shorts, live, embed and mobile links, as well as links with extra parameters such as timestamps or playlist IDs. You can also paste a bare 11-character ID.

Yes. Switch to Bulk mode, paste one link per line and the tool returns one ID per line. You can copy all IDs or download them as a CSV file.

No. A video ID identifies one video and is 11 characters long. Channel IDs start with UC and playlist IDs start with PL or similar prefixes, and both are longer. This tool extracts video IDs only.

No. The extraction runs entirely in your browser, so the links you paste are not uploaded or stored. The tool also does not check whether a video is public, private or deleted.