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Download a whole YouTube playlist.

Paste a playlist or channel link, untick what you don't need, and PurffleGrab saves the rest as video or MP3 — resuming where it stopped if you close the app.

3 min readUpdated 9 November 2026For PurffleGrab v14

Step by step

Install PurffleGrab

Get the installer for Windows, Mac or Linux and sign in with your email. FFmpeg and yt-dlp are inside, so there is nothing else to set up.

Copy the playlist link

On YouTube, open the playlist and copy the address — it contains list=. A channel link such as youtube.com/@name/videos works the same way. If you copy it while PurffleGrab is open, the app offers to grab it when you switch back.

Paste it and click Find

Every video is listed. Open Choose videos to untick the ones you don't want, or use Select all and Select none. Private, deleted and not-yet-aired videos are left out for you, so they can't fail later.

Pick a format

One click on MP3 320 for audio, MP4 1080p for video, or Best video for 1440p and 4K with Pro. Choose a format picks an exact stream if you need one.

Download

Click Download. Free runs two videos at a time and Pro up to six. You can paste more links while it works; everything shows under Library → In progress.

Download · playlistA YouTube playlist found in PurffleGrab, every video listed with a checkbox
Every video in the playlist, ready to tick or untick.

Long playlists

  • It picks up where it stopped. Close the app or restart the computer mid-playlist and the unfinished videos resume next time, partial files included.
  • Nothing downloads twice. Videos you already saved show as Already saved, so re-running a playlist only fetches what's new.
  • Busy periods are handled. If YouTube slows things down, PurffleGrab waits and retries instead of failing the rest of the list.
  • Free counts per video. A 40-video playlist uses 40 of your 67 a month. Failed or cancelled videos never count. Pro has no monthly limit.

Keep a playlist up to date

If the playlist keeps growing, follow it instead: open Following, paste the link, and new videos download on their own. Free follows one playlist or channel, checked daily; Pro follows as many as you like, every hour.

Troubleshooting

"Sign in to confirm you're not a bot"

YouTube sometimes asks for this on busy connections. PurffleGrab retries once using the browser you're signed in to YouTube with; pick the browser in Settings → Fix downloads if it chooses the wrong one.

Some videos are missing from the list

Private, deleted and upcoming videos are left out on purpose. Members-only and age-restricted videos need you to be signed in to YouTube in your browser.

A video saved at a lower quality than I picked

When a video doesn't offer the size you chose, PurffleGrab takes the next best one and says so next to the file, for example "Saved at 720p (1080p wasn't available)".

Two videos have the same title

Both are kept: the second is saved as Title (2).