YouTube Metadata Tools — Tags, Descriptions, Video & Channel IDs
Four fields decide how easy a video is to work with programmatically, and the interface hides all four. Tags are still stored in the page data though the editor no longer shows them. Descriptions are collapsed behind “...more” even when they hold the timestamps and sources you need. The video ID is buried in whichever URL shape you happen to have, and the channel ID sits behind a handle that its owner can change at any time. These tools pull each one out as plain, copyable text — no API key, no login.
More YouTube Metadata Tools
YouTube Tag Extractor
Read the tags a video carries — the keyword list YouTube keeps in the page.
YouTube Description Extractor
Pull a video's full description as plain text — including the part behind “…more”.
YouTube Video ID Finder
Turn any YouTube link form into the 11-character video ID.
YouTube Channel ID Finder
Turn an @handle or channel link into the UC… channel ID.
More other tool groups
Thumbnail Downloaders
Download YouTube thumbnails in every size YouTube actually serves. Each downloader probes the image first, so you save a real cover — never a 120×90 grey placeholder.
Thumbnail Sizes & Formats
What each YouTube thumbnail size really is: maxresdefault 1280×720, sddefault 640×480, hqdefault 480×360, Shorts vertical covers — and the honest answer to “is there a 4K thumbnail?”