How to Extract YouTube Audio

Updated Sep 07,2018 | by Joy

YouTube is one of the most popular video and music sharing platform.  People can upload, download and share videos for entertainment. Sometimes, when you download YouTube videos, you may do not want to watch the videos but only need audio.  How to extract YouTube audio?  There are dozens of YouTube converters that can be used to extract YouTube audio. But this article will show you the top 2 ways to extract YouTube audio.

Method1: You can extract YouTube audio with a direct converter tool to convert the downloaded videos for you.

Method 2: You can extract YouTube audio with a convert website without downloading the video.

Method 1 requires you to download the video first, but it can provide you with higher quality audio (recommended). Method 2 saves time for you, as you don’t need to download the video first. But you might be upset with the online ads or pop-ups. You can choose the suitable method per your needs. 

After using several video converters to extract YouTube videos such as Audials One, Any Video Converter Free, and IOTransfer, it is recommended to extract YouTube audio with IOTransfer, which can help you download and convert videos into  MP4, MP3, AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, WMV, etc with one click. Simultaneously, IOTransfer is a simple yet effective iPhone/iPad/iPod file transfer and management tool. Let’s see how it works. 

Step1: Download IOTransfer and install it. Then launch IOTranslater.

Step2:  Find and copy the YouTube video URL that you want to extract Youtube audio.

Step3: Click on "VIDEOS" at the top of the interface. In the opened window, paste the YouTube video URL. Then you can set a download path in "Download Location" according to your requirements and then click on "Download". Please refer to the picture below:

Step 4: After finishing downloading the video, just click on "Converter" on the left.  Click “ Add File” to add the downloaded video and select MP3 or other formats you want as the output format. And then click on "Convert Now". Please refer to below picture:

Just a few seconds or minutes depends on the video size, you can successfully extract YouTube audio with IOTransfer. Quite easy and fast, isn’t it? 

As a music lover who needs to extract YouTube audio usually, IOTransfer should be the ideal tool to help you make it easily and quickly. It supports to convert video files into various file formats including audio file formats and other popular formats. Besides, it can automatically transfer them to your iOS device. No need to worry about unsupported video file format anymore. If you want to have high quality audios, why not try extract YouTube audio with IOTransfer?

Additionally, this VIDEOS feature in IOTransfer supports downloading various videos from more video websites including the most famous YouTube and Facebook to your iPhone/iPad/iPod and PC so that you can watch them offline. Thus, IOTransfer  as a simple yet effective iPhone/iPad/iPod file transfer and management tool, as well as a powerful video downloader and converter is a must-have tool for you to convert videos, transfer files between iOS and PC, and manage your iOS device.

There are many online converters and everyone has its advantages and disadvantages. But if you have tried GenYouTube, then you will not want to use others as GenYouTube is the top 1 way to convert YouTube videos to audio including MP3 if you want to get it done quickly. Let’s see how to extract YouTube audio to MP3 on GenYouTube.

Step 1: Open https://www.genyoutube.net/

Step 2: Copy and paste the video link in the search box and press the 'Enter' button, which will automatically navigate you to the video page where you can preview your video and after confirmation the video is the one you want to extract YouTube audio you can choose the format to start download. Please refer to the below picture:

Once you see the download page for that video, just click MP3 from the list of options to immediately start downloading the converted MP3 formats of the YouTube video. As a popular online video converter, GenYouTube supports many video formats including 3GP, WEBM, MP4, and M4A.

Quite easy to extract YouTube audio in MP3 on GenYouTube, isn’t it?

Note: You need to add an extension in your Chrome when you extract YouTube audio on GenYouTube with Chrome.

Although the above two methods is quite easy and fast, personally, I prefer to extract YouTube audio with IOTransfer as it has no popups. You just need to install the convert tool and then you just need 1-click to make it. The GenYouTube seems better as you do not need to download a tool, but you need to deal with several pop-ups and make the correct choice to continue to convert YouTube videos to MP3. Besides, you need to add an extension in your Chrome.

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