How to download any Youtube thumbnail through source code

Youtube Thumbnail Downloader through source code

Youtube thumbnail downloader through source code is a very easy thing to do in the Google Chrome browser.


Have you ever wanted to download a youtube thumbnail? Sometimes it happens that we want to download some cool images from YouTube videos, but there is no option on the website for downloading them.

You can simply download any YouTube thumbnail through source code with this simple trick!

Let’s say you navigate through YouTube and find a very interesting YouTube thumbnail. And you want it, you want it badly for some reason. Unfortunately, you can just right-click on the thumbnail and download it right away. Youtube doesn’t work like that. So what can I do to download the thumbnail I want so bad!

You can use the HTML Source Code on Google Chrome for that matter.

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How to view HTML Source Code on Google Chrome:

But before we see how to have access to the HTML Source Code, what is Source Code, right!

Basically, one line, Source Code, it’s the foundation in a way of a website. Source Code determines how content is structured.

Open up Google Chrome and go to the webpage you want to see the HTML source code. Then you can right-click on the page and click on the “view page source”. Alternatively, you can press CTRL+U for a shortcut of the same command.

view page source
view page source

Source Code, in general, looks something like this:

youtube thumbnail downloader, source code on chrome browser
source code on the chrome browser

Note: To see source code from other browsers you can visit this link for more info.

Youtube Thumbnail Downloader:

Open up Google Chrome and navigate to the specific webpage (YouTube video) you want to get the thumbnail. In my case, I will try to download the following thumbnail (on the right). So, I will click on it so Youtube will open it, and then I will press CTRL+U (the shortcut) to see the “view page source” of this page.

youtube thumbnail downloader

After that, press CTRL+F (shortcut for the find tool) and type: thumbnailurl.

find tool, source code url
find tool, source code URL

As you can see with the help of the find tool we located a link. Click on the link and it will open up in a new tab with the thumbnail you want. After that, you just press right-click and click on the save image as.

That was all. Happy downloading any YouTube thumbnails.

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  1. Hello Vladi,
    It is a very good idea to download thumbnails from the source code.
    Yet it is very tough for me, being not a geeky person (although you have explained it very well). I personally use https://y2img.xyz/ to download thumbnails from YouTube.
    Thanks

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  3. I genuinely enjoyed reading this. Your writing flows really well, and I love how you break things down in such a relatable way. It’s the kind of post I’d bookmark and come back to later, especially since I’m trying to discover more content in this space. Keep it up!

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