As we know youtube has no feature to download video thumbnails directly through any button, such as like or share. While youtube generates unique URLs for the images uploaded for every video. Here, the step-by-step method is described as under.
How to get a youtube video thumbnail URL and download it?
The process of downloading a high-definition YouTube thumbnail using a link is straightforward and often asked about on Google.
Here's an example of what a typical YouTube video link looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT8Y8_uwk0k
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https://img.youtube.com/vi/ID/maxresdefault.jpg
Launch the link below in a new browser tab.
https://img.youtube.com/vi/yT8Y8_uwk0k/maxresdefault.jpg
To access the video thumbnail, open the link with the unique ID in a new browser tab. The image of the video thumbnail will appear, to save it to your device, right-click and select "Save Image As". The screenshot is given below
- Copy the Youtube Video URL
- Input URL in Thumbnail Downloader Tool
- Save the Image Directly on Your Device