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YouTube Shorts downloader.

Save any public Short as a clean vertical MP4 — full resolution, sound intact, straight to your camera roll.

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Practical qualityUp to 720p · Data saver available

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YouTube Shorts Downloader — what makes this one different

Shorts are just YouTube videos in a vertical frame, which means the same download machinery works — but the details matter. A Short is usually 1080×1920, and a downloader that grabs the first MP4 it finds will often hand you a shrunken 480p copy that looks soft the moment you post it anywhere else. 123Downloader picks the highest vertical stream YouTube published and keeps it at native resolution.

Paste any /shorts/ link. The file comes back as a standard MP4 that plays in your phone gallery, in an editor, or on any other platform, with no watermark and nothing added to the frame.

Native vertical qualityFull 1080×1920 where the creator uploaded it — no downscaled copy.
No watermark addedWe add nothing to the frame. What the creator uploaded is what you get.
Audio-only optionPull the sound out as MP3 when you only want the track behind a Short.

Three steps

How to use it.

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Copy the Short link

Tap the share arrow on the Short and choose Copy link.

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Paste it above

Drop the /shorts/ link into the box and tap Get video.

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Save the MP4

Pick the top quality and save. On a phone it lands in your normal Downloads or Photos.

Good to know

YouTube Shorts Downloader FAQ

Does this work with the /shorts/ link format?

Yes. Short links, watch links and youtu.be links all resolve to the same video, so any of them works.

Will the Short have a watermark?

We add nothing. If the creator burned a TikTok or editing-app watermark into their own video before uploading, that is part of the picture and cannot be removed by any downloader.

Can I download a Short as MP3?

Yes — choose Audio only and you get the sound as an MP3, useful when you want the track rather than the video.

Is there a limit on how many Shorts I can save?

There is a light per-minute rate limit to keep the service responsive for everyone, but no daily cap and no account.