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How to Download Subtitles from YouTube in 2026

Updated January 23, 2026

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Many YouTube videos have subtitles in one or several languages. Subtitles make it easy to watch videos in foreign languages and understand the dialogue despite dialects, accents, and speech impediments. If you want to download subtitled videos from YouTube, MeowLoad is just what you need. Follow the simple steps below to start the download.

Step 1. Launch MeowLoad.

It's available for macOS and Windows.

Copy the link to the subtitled YouTube video you want to download.

YouTube video link in the address bar

Step 3. Paste and parse

Paste the video link into MeowLoad, then click the Download button.

Pasting the link and clicking Download

Step 4. Select the subtitles

Click the filter and pick the subtitle type.

Parsed result list with the type filter

Subtitle option in the type filter menu

Step 5. Choose a language and download

If the original video has subtitles in multiple languages, you can also choose different languages before downloading. Click Download Selected.

Subtitle language and Download Selected

Step 6. Finish !

Once the download is complete, click the folder icon to check out your files.

Folder icon after download completes