Making with Code

YouTube #

This is a walkthrough to downloading your YouTube watch history.

Downloading Data #

💻 Follow along with this video and the steps below to download your YouTube watch history.

  1. Go to Google Takeout. Make sure you are logged into the Google account you would like to download your Youtube data from.
  2. Select Deselect all. This will ensure you only download your Youtube data, as opposed to all of the data Google assosicates with your account.
  3. Scroll to the bottom and find YouTube and YouTube Music and check the box.
  4. Select Multiple Formats.
    • For History, select HTML and choose JSON. Then, click OK.
  5. Select All Youtube data included
    • Select Deselect all
    • Select history
    • Select OK
  6. Select Next step
  7. Scroll down, select Create export.

This may take awhile. It may only take a few minutes or an hour. You will receive an email when your data is ready for download.

💻 Once your data is ready to download, you'll need to locate the correct file..
  1. Download the first export. You do not need to download all of the exports.
  2. Open the .zip file.
  3. Navigate to the Takeout 6/YouTube and YouTube Music/history folder.
  4. Move file watch_history.json into your Google Drive.