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title: "Copy a YouTube Transcript | No Timestamps"
description: "Copy a YouTube transcript in one click. Running text, no timestamps. Works in the phone browser. Free, five an hour."
url: https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste
markdown: https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste.md
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# Copy a YouTube transcript

> One click. Running text. No timestamps. Paste it into notes, a doc, or another tool.

## How to copy a YouTube transcript

1. Paste the YouTube URL.
2. Press Get transcript.
3. Press Copy transcript.
4. Paste into your document.

## What you actually paste

This page's Copy button always writes running text with no times. The Together / Timestamps switch only changes the screen.

- **This page.** One block of words. No clocks. Same on a phone.
- **YouTube's panel.** Cue lines. Times if they were showing. Each cue still starts on a new line. No file.

## On a phone

Open this page in the phone browser, not the YouTube app. Paste, Get transcript, Copy transcript. Same running text as on a computer.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do I copy a transcript from YouTube?

Paste the URL above, press Get transcript, then press Copy transcript.

### How do I copy a YouTube transcript on a phone?

Use the phone browser, not the YouTube app. Same three taps.

### Does the timestamps toggle change what is copied?

No. Copy always strips times.

## Languages

- en: [https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste](https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste) ([md](https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste.md))

## See also

- [YouTube transcript](https://tube2text.com/) ([md](https://tube2text.com/index.md))
- [How to get a YouTube transcript](https://tube2text.com/how-to-get-youtube-transcript) ([md](https://tube2text.com/how-to-get-youtube-transcript.md))
- [Download YouTube transcript](https://tube2text.com/download-youtube-transcript) ([md](https://tube2text.com/download-youtube-transcript.md))
- [YouTube to text](https://tube2text.com/youtube-to-text) ([md](https://tube2text.com/youtube-to-text.md))
- [YouTube transcript on iPad](https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-on-ipad) ([md](https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-on-ipad.md))

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Website: https://tube2text.com/youtube-transcript-copy-paste