If you are looking for a YouTube URL you either need to embed a video into a website or copy the link to paste it somewhere else. The you Tube URL moves around a lot and unfortunately the YouTube website changes often, and this article is partly out of date. Here is the new version: Find a URL of a Youtube Video
The URL (uniform resource locater) means the address to something on the internet. It could be a webpage, file, or a picture. In the case of Youtube, it is the address of where a particular video is located on the Youtube website.
Why do you need to know the URL of a Youtube video?
A year or two ago, no-one cared what the URL of a Youtube video was. However now everyone wants to know. This is because everyone is downloading Youtube video’s off the internet and for this we need the Url of the Youtube video. Another important reason why we need the URL of a Youtube video is to share it with others. Maybe you want to send a link to it in an email.
How to find the Youtube URL?
- Simply go to the Youtube Website at http://www.youtube.com
- Search for a video that you want to get the URL for.
- See the screen shot below. There are two places to see the URL of a Youtube video. (Please note there is only one place to get the Youtube URL now).
- One way to get the Youtube URL is in the top address bar on your browser and the other is next to the Youtube video itself.
How to copy a Youtube URL?
- Select the URL by making it blue.
- Then right click your mouse on the blue part.
- A menu will appear. Choose copy.
Now you can paste the Youtube URL into an e-mail, into a word document, or into certain plug-ins for WordPress websites.
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Notes on finding the Youtube URL:
- It is no longer possible to copy the Youtube URL from the beside the YouTube video
The url of the Youtube video is now located under the video on Youtube.
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How can you replce a video and use the old/same URL ?
It seems something easy to do, but some time ago I could not find the URL. I thing, the article is very helpful and easy to understand. I am Youtube addict user and I found out I intereting tool (www.clicktoapp.com) to find videos in Youtube (highlight the word and CTRL + C). Enjoy!
To be honest this article is funny. I wonder if anyone, who can switch on their computer and surf the web, don’t know that “address bar shows URL” & “URL is shown in the address bar”
The URL, you are talking about, is not the URL of the video, but the URL of the PAGE that shows video.
Would you please tell us how to find the actual, real, original, URL of the actual, real, original, video file itself (not the url of the page).
Here is a new version of this article:
http://tips4pc.com/youtube/find-the-url-of-a-youtube-video.htm
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why when i click to the link close to the vedio i cannot get the file url.
the new youtube doesn’t have the URL top browser, that’s what people want to know. If there is another way to get the URL of a video.
Hi there Katie
The url is the web address at the top of your browser.. It might look different or it might be hidden on your browser. It also might look different if you use Internet explorer, Firefox, or Google chrome…..
i did int get the you tube URL what is the problem?
plz help me somebody
the URL fetcher is not available in my browsers what can i do?
plz heal me
Do you mean the address bar is missing from the top or is it that you can’t copy the url?
well i tried… but i guess it was a featured video, so i couldnt get the video…
hmm what about the new look of youtube?? i mean where do i find the url now, besides the address bar?
– rAgHu~
Yeah Youtube is changing very quickly…Almost everyday. The url is just at the top in the address bar… Back to the normal place.