TranscriptYTHow to get a YouTube transcript without timestamps
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Copy the video link
Any YouTube video, Short, or finished livestream with captions.
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Paste it above
The transcript loads with timestamps hidden, as plain text.
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Copy or download
Click Copy to put the whole text on your clipboard, or download it as TXT.
Clean text for AI tools and documents
Timestamps waste tokens and clutter a document. The text from this page pastes straight into ChatGPT, Claude, Google Docs, or Word as readable paragraphs.
Keep timings when you need them
The timestamps are still there underneath. Tick Timestamps to show them, or download SRT or VTT for a subtitle file with exact timings.
Need more?
Need transcripts at scale? Use the API
The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.
curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
Common questions
How do I remove timestamps from a YouTube transcript?
This page hides them for you. On any of our tools, untick Timestamps after the transcript loads. YouTube's own transcript panel can also hide them, but copying from it is awkward.
Can I turn the timestamps back on?
Yes. Tick Timestamps above the transcript. SRT and VTT downloads always keep timings, since subtitle files need them.
Why do I want a transcript without timestamps?
Clean text is easier to read, paste into ChatGPT or Claude, edit into an article, or count words in.
Is it free?
Yes. A few videos a day need no account, and signing in with Google raises the limit.