Watch less.
Read more.
YouTube to PDF turns any YouTube video into a clean, searchable document — the key frames, the full transcript, and a 12:04 timestamp on every paragraph. A two-hour lecture becomes twenty minutes of reading.
A document you can actually study
Scrubbing through a video to find one sentence is nobody's idea of learning. A well-set document — that you can search, print and annotate — is.
Key frames, captured for you
YouTube to PDF picks out the moments that matter — slides, diagrams, whiteboards, code on screen — and places them in the document right where they were shown.
Every word, written down
The full transcript is laid out as clean, readable paragraphs. Each one carries a timestamp, so you always know where in the video a sentence was said.
Find it with Ctrl+F
The text in your PDF is real text, not a picture of text. Search it, copy it, quote it — the way you'd never manage with a two-hour recording.
Three layouts to choose from
Frames only when the slides are the point, transcript only when the words are, or the study layout with both side by side. Pick per video.
Made for print and margins
Proper page sizes, generous margins and page numbers. Print it, read it on an e-reader, or mark it up in any PDF app you already use.
Built in your browser
The document is assembled right on your computer. No account, no email, and no list of what you've read kept anywhere.
From video to document in three steps
Add it to your browser
Works with Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi. Installing takes a few seconds and nothing needs restarting.
About 5 secondsOpen a video, click the button
On any YouTube video page, click the YouTube to PDF button in your toolbar. It reads the video and shows what your document will include.
Fully automaticPick a layout and save
Choose frames, transcript or both, then click Create PDF. A clean, searchable document lands in your Downloads folder.
Straight to DownloadsFrequently asked questions
Is YouTube to PDF free?
You can try it for free. Unlimited documents come with a subscription, which is what keeps the extension maintained — with no ads and no selling of your data.
What ends up in the PDF?
Whatever you choose: the key frames from the video, the full transcript with timestamps, or both together in the study layout. The title, channel and date go on the first page.
Can I search and copy the text?
Yes. The transcript is embedded as real, selectable text — so Ctrl+F, copy-paste and PDF annotation tools all work exactly as they do in any other document.
Which videos does it work with?
Any YouTube video with an available transcript or captions gets the full treatment. If a video has no transcript at all, you still get the frame layout with timestamps.
How long does a video take?
Around a minute for a typical lecture, often less. The document is built on your computer, so the speed depends on the video's length rather than on any queue.
Do you keep track of what I convert?
No. There's no account, no history stored on our side, and no list of your documents anywhere. What you read stays between you and your computer.
Turn your first video into a readable PDF
Add YouTube to PDF to your browser, open a video and click Create PDF. That's the whole thing — no account, no waiting room, no watermarks.
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