How to Download YouTube Videos Without Any Plugin Or Software

Downloading YouTube videos is not a difficult task nowadays, thanks to the countless browser add-ons and plugins. But what if you don’t want to install any of those third-party plugins? Or what if you switch your browser or are on some other PC. You will not want to search for and install the extension that allows you to download YouTube videos.

Here comes an easy trick that will help you out in these situations. You need to add a small string of three characters in the URL pointing to the YouTube video and you will be redirected to an external website that allows you to download it.

Downloading YouTube Videos With “pwn” Trick

1. Open the video you want to download on YouTube.
2. The URL in the address bar will look something like this:

youtube.com/watch?v=brvbKDNX_i8

1. Just append “pwn” in front of the URL and hit the Enter key. The above URL will be changed to:

pwnyoutube.com/watch?v=brvbKDNX_i8

1. Now you will get the links to download the video. You can download them in FLV or MP4 format.

1. You also get the option to download only the audio from the YouTube video, incase you are interested in the music only.