YouTube Video ID / URL Extractor
Pull the video ID out of any YouTube link, and get every URL format back.
What is the YouTube Video ID Extractor?
Every YouTube video has an 11-character ID that uniquely identifies it, but that ID shows up in several different-looking URL formats depending on how the link was shared — a full watch page URL, a shortened youtu.be link, a Shorts link, or an embed URL. This tool pulls the ID out of any of those formats and rebuilds every other format from it.
How to use it
- Paste any YouTube link into the box.
- Get the raw video ID, plus ready-to-copy watch, short and embed URLs.
This is useful when a script, spreadsheet formula, or API integration needs just the bare video ID rather than a full URL, or when you have a messy link (with extra tracking parameters like &si= or a timestamp) and want a clean canonical URL back. Everything is parsed directly from the URL structure in your browser using the same ID format YouTube itself uses — no video data is fetched from anywhere, so it works instantly even for private or unlisted videos.
Want the "why" behind this tool? Read Why the Same YouTube Video Has So Many Different-Looking Links.