By
Li ZhangUpdated on July 18, 2025
Summary
Do you want to download songs from YouTube Music to computer for listening offline? This article will guide you how to 3 ways to download songs/albums/playlists from YouTube Music on your computer, you can save YouTube Music as MP3 files for playing on any device offline without the YouTube Music App/Web!
YouTube Music provides all kinds of music contents with users, like singles, albums, podcasts, playlists, music videos, live performance, etc. You can stream your interested music tracks on YouTube Music app or web player for free. Also, you can upgrade to Premium tier to enjoy more features, such as ad-free streams, higher 256kbps quality, offline listening, background playback and more.
However, you'll be frustrated that YouTube Music only allows you download songs on mobile devices, not on PCs, Macs or laptops. To download YouTube Music for offline listening, you need to looking for third-party YouTube Music downloader, or downloading albums and tracks for offline listening from YouTube Music's web app, but YouTube Music downloads are AAC or Opus formats, you can't transfer them to other devices.
Don't worry, this post will share three effective ways to help you download YouTube Music to computer, including Windows PC, Mac, MacBook, laptops. You can listen to YouTube Music offline anytime.
CONTENTS
Way 1. Download YouTube Music on PC or Mac (YT Music to MP3)
Verdict
Even though you can download songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening with YouTube Music Premium account, you can't save YouTube Music downloads forever, and you can't transfer them to other devices. To keep your YouTube Music tracks downloads forever and enjoy them on any devices you like, you need to download YouTube Music to MP3 format with third-party professional YouTube Music downloaders.
4kFinder YouTube Music Converter is a full-featured YouTube Music downloader & converter for Windows and Mac. It helps both Free users and Premium users download music from YouTube Music to a PC or Mac computer without the YouTube Music app. It gives you an option to convert YouTube Music to multiple formats including MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF. In this way, you can get YouTube Music forever even without subscription, play YouTube Music offline on more ways without accessing YouTube Music.
To make sure you have a great music listening experience, it will keep lossless music quality in output files (256kbps, or higher 320kbps), and retains all ID3 tags for your management. What’s more, this program will complete music downloading with 16X faster speed, saving your time and effort!
Features of 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter
- Downoad YouTube Music for Free - Download music for offline playback without YouTube Music Premium.
- Higher Audio Quality - Adjust the output music quality to the original 256kbps bitrate or higher 320kbps/512kbps/640kbps for better listening experience. Listen to high-quality playback of YouTube Music without upgrading to Premium!
- Batch Download & Ultra-Fast Rate - Download YouTube Music singles to computer, or download the whole albums/playlists from YouTube Music to computer, and convert the music files to MP3/M4A/AAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF format in bulk. Accelerate the downloading process to 50X faster than other brands.
- Preserve Full ID3 Tags - Retain all ID3 tags of YouTube Music tracks, including title, cover, artist, album, artwork, track number, etc. Also lets you classify the output songs by artist, album or date for better music management.
- YouTube Music Web Player Embedded - Directly access the whole YouTube Music library without an account or the YouTube Music app! Browse, search, play and choose any music content inside the converter app!
How to Save YouTube Music as MP3 Files?
Step 1. Install 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter
First, download, install and run 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter on the computer. Then log in your YouTube account.
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The program features with a built-in YouTube Music web player. You can also access your music library without logging into any account.
Step 2. Set Output Format
Click "Gear" icon to set output format for downloaded YouTube Music, here 6 formats options are available: M4A(default), MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF. Besides, you can change output folder, bitrate, samplerate if needing.
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Step 3. Add YouTube Music Songs
In YouTube web player, you can browse or search to add the songs, albums or playlist you want to download from YouTube Music. Click the album or playlist, then click the red icon to load contents.
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When you click an album or a playlist, all songs in it will be selected by default. Just cull some you don't need.
Step 4. Download YouTube Music to PC in MP3
Once all things are ready, click "Convert" button to begin downloading music songs from YouTube Music to computer locally with 10X faster speed.
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When the music downloading completes, click the "Blue Folder" icon to check the output YouTube Music songs, which preserve with its original music quality.
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Way 2. Download YouTube Music to Computer (YouTube Music's web app)
Verdict
YouTube Music's web app primarily downloads audio files in AAC or Opus formats. These formats are compressed, meaning they lose some audio detail compared to lossless formats. The specific format and quality may vary based on your subscription and the original audio source. While you can't directly download files in formats like MP3 or WAV through the standard web interface, you can use third-party tools to convert YouTube Music to MP3, WAV, and other formats.
YouTube Music Premium subscribers can download songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening. To download, open the YouTube Music app on iPhone/iPad/Android, find the desired content, tap the three-dot icon, and select "Download". Downloaded music is accessible in the "Library > Downloads" section. But, YouTube Music desktop app has't offer download feature.
YouTube Music's web app also supports downloading albums and tracks for offline listening, you can download songs, podcasts and albums from YouTube Music web on browser. Check the detailed steps below:
Step 1.
Open YouTube Music on your web browser, sign in with your Premium account.
Step 2.
Search for the specific song, album, podcast or playlist you wish to download.
Step 3.
You will see a "Download" icon next to the song, album, or playlist. Click on it.
![download youtube music to mac on web]()
Step 4.
Once the download is complete, go to the "Library" section and access the downloaded music without an internet connection!
📝 Tips:
As you can see, it is easy to download songs from YouTube Music to computer. But the downloaded songs are copy-righted, which cannot be moved to other devices. When your Premium subscription expires, all songs downloaded from YouTube Music to Mac/PC will be unplayable. If you want to play YouTube music offline using other players on your computer, or keep the YouTube music forever, you need to save YouTube Music as MP3 files. Check the second method of downloading YouTube Music to computer in MP3 format.
Advantages of Downloading YouTube Music to Computer in MP3 Format:
- Keep the downloaded YouTube Music songs forever even without subscription.
- Play YouTube Music offline in more flexible ways without accessing YouTube Music app.
- Burn YouTube music into a CD for playback or collection.
- Set YouTube Music as ringtone or alarm on your phone.
- Use your favorite YouTube song as BGM on video editor app, etc.
Way 3. Download YouTube Music to PC/Mac(Online Tool)
Verdict:
This online tool only can save YouTube Music at 128kbps by default, and you can't select the audio quality. Moreover, it can just download one YouTube song at a time. Downloading an entire playlist or album is not supported. Sometimes if fails to analyze the URLs, there is an error occurred.
Therefore, we recommend that you try the 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter, which enables to download YouTube Music sings/playlists/albums/music videos to your computer without Premium, at 320kbps high quality.
Some people may don't want to install extra programs, that's OK. Y2Mate will be a convenient tool to help you download music from YouTube Music to your Mac or PC. You can easily access Y2Mate website in any browser without no registration, and download YouTube music to MP3 online or its music video to MP4. After which, you could listen to YouTube Music offline on your computer!
Download YouTube Music to PC via Online Tool
Step 1.
Visit the Y2Mate web page in your browser.
Step 2.
Go to YouTube Music or YouTube, copy the URL of any song/music video you want to download.
Step 3.
Paste the URL to Y2Mate's search bar, click "Convert" button to analyze it.
Step 4.
Then click "Download" button to save the YouTube music to your local drive.
FAQs about Downloading YouTube Music to PC or Mac Computer
Does YouTube Music have a Mac desktop app?
YouTube Music doesn't have an official desktop app for Mac computer. You can stream music tracks on your Mac through the YouTube Music Web.
Can I download music from YouTube Music to my Mac?
Yes. If you have a Premium account, you are allowed to download songs, albums on YouTube Music Web on your Mac or PC computer. Alternatively, you could rely on this powerful YouTube Music Downloader for Mac, it can download any content from YouTube Music Web Player to your Mac or PC computer ad local audio files.
Can you download YouTube Music to Windows Media Player?
No. YouTube Music only lets you download music content in its App for iOS & Android devices. You can use the 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter, which helps you download and convert YouTube Music to plain MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC and other formats. Then, you could import them to Windows Media Player for management or playback.
Can I transfer my YouTube Music to my computer?
Generally, you cannot transfer any downloads from YouTube Music Mobile App to your computer. But you can utilize a third-party tool to download songs from YouTube Music to your computer as local MP3 files. Refer to Way 2.
Conclusion
With a Premium plan, you certainly can download songs on YouTube Music Web on PC/Mac to enjoy offline without an Internet connection. However, as YouTube Music streaming songs are encoded in a protected format, downloading YouTube music to computer as MP3 files will be a better choice. Using 4kFinder YouTube Music Converter, you can download YouTube Music songs, full playlists/albums to your Windows or Mac computer without Premium. Even better, it assists you to convert YouTube music to MP3, FLAC, AAC, WAV, AIFF, M4A format. So, you never be afraid that your favorite YouTube music will be gone someday. And transfer, move the songs to all kinds of devices and players without restrictions!
Download YouTube Music to Computer
Li Zhang has always had great enthusiasm for writing, programming and web development. He likes writing about software and technology, his works are featured on some tech blogs or forums like Tom's Hardware, CNET, etc.
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