How to get a YouTube video URL on Android

Maybe you have noticed that if you use the YouTube app on your Android smartphone for your favorite videos you won’t find a video URL. But there is an easy way to get this video URL. If you just want to share the URL with a friend or copy it an email for example you just need a simple URL. So for this cases we can use this method to retrieve the video URL.

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  • Open the YouTube app and navigate to the video where you would like the URL from
  • Click on the share arrow icon in the top right corner
  • Select the Copy link option under Share a link

That’s it, the video URL is now copied to your clipboard and you can use or share it wherever you want by pasting it in a text window.