Export subs from YouTube

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title: Export-YouTube-subscriptions title: Export-YouTube-subscriptions
description: description: Howto export YouTube channel subscription.
published: true published: true
date: 2021-02-25T18:04:49.886Z date: 2021-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
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dateCreated: 2021-01-28T20:39:23.334Z dateCreated: 2021-01-28T20:39:23.334Z
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**The steps below as well as the resulting file name are different depending on your Google language **Some details may differ based on your Google language settings.**
settings.**
1. Open [Google Takeout](https://takeout.google.com/takeout/custom/youtube). **This process won't work if you go directly to [Google Takeout](https://takeout.google.com/). You must enter the Takeout process via YouTube as described below.**
2. Under `Create a new export` choose `YouTube and YouTube Music`.
3. Click on `All YouTube data included` and only tick `subscriptions` in the dialog that opens. 1. Make sure you are signed into YouTube with the account you want to export subscriptions for.
4. Click on `Next step`, make sure `Export once` is chosen and click on `Create export`. 2. Click on your profile image in the upper right corner.
5. Wait until the export creation is finished, then on the same page click on `Download` under 3. Click on the "Your data in YouTube" option.
`Your latest export` that should now be visible. 4. Click "More"
6. Extract the downloaded archive and find the file `subscriptions.json`. 5. Click "Download YouTube data"
7. While logged into your Invidious account go to Subscriptions -> Manage Subscriptions -> 6. Click "All YouTube data included"
Import/Export -> Import YouTube subscriptions, select the file you just downloaded and click on 7. Click "Deselect all"
`Import`. 8. Choose "channel-memberships"
9. Click "OK"
10. Click "Next step"
11. Click "Create export"
12. Wait for the export to complete, it should be fairly quick.
13. Download the export, it will be a .zip file.
14. Expand the ZIP file.
15. Go to Invidious, click the little gear in the upper right corner.
16. Scroll down and click "Import/export data"
17. Click the "Browse" button next to "Import YouTube subscriptions"
18. Browse to the path you expanded the ZIP file to, there should be a "Takeout" folder.
19. Open "./Takeout/YouTube and YouTube Music/subscriptions/subscriptions.json".
20. Choose "Import"

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