Export YouTube Playlist to Text

A playlist to text exporter writes a YouTube playlist out as a plain .txt file that reads like a list a person would type: a heading with the playlist name, link and video count, then each video numbered with its details indented underneath.

Plain text has no formatting to break, opens in Notepad, TextEdit or any phone, prints cleanly and will still open decades from now. That makes it a good fit for notes, emails, printed watch lists and long-term archives. You pick which details appear under each title, such as the link, channel, duration, views and publish date, and descriptions keep their line breaks.

The text file starts with the playlist name, its link and the number of videos. Each video then gets a numbered title line followed by one indented line per column, like URL: or Duration:, so the list reads well in Notepad, TextEdit, a phone or on paper.

Plain text is the safest choice for notes, emails and archives: it has no formatting to break and will open decades from now. For a spreadsheet, use CSV or Excel instead.