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Kyreer
Brass Contributor
May 27, 2026

Question about youtube music download on Windows 11

Hi all, New to Windows 11 and has a dumb question. I have an active youtube premium subscription. How can I save a local copy of youtube music on my computer? I don't find a way to this. I tried a ...
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Amiracob
Copper Contributor
May 27, 2026

Let me walk you through using YouTubeSnoop as a YouTube music download tool. YouTubeSnoop is a command-line tool designed specifically for people who want to download music from YouTube. The YouTube music download tool is available as a Python package on PyPI, meaning you install it using Python's package manager (pip) rather than downloading a traditional installer. This makes it lightweight but requires you to have Python set up on your computer.

Installation:

bash

pip install youtubesnoop

Basic usage:

bash

youtubesnoop [YouTube URL]

For single tracks, it downloads as FLAC files. For playlist URLs, it creates a folder structure with {artist} /{year} - {album Title} and names each track as {track number}, {title} ,flac.

Important note: If you encounter "403 Forbidden" errors, upgrade the ytdlp dependency that YouTubeSnoop uses: pip install --upgrade youtubesnoop or pipx upgrade ytdlp.