Clean a description you already have

If automatic extraction is unavailable, open the public YouTube video, expand its description, and copy the text. Paste it here to remove timestamps or links, normalize spacing, and copy the cleaned result.

Use descriptions for research, attribution checks, or your own content workflow. Respect the creator's rights and YouTube's terms; copying text does not grant permission to republish it.

How to use this description cleaner

1. Paste a supported public YouTube video URL and select Extract Description, if the automatic service is available.
2. If extraction fails, open the video on YouTube, expand the description, and copy the text into the manual field above.
3. Select Load text into cleaner. The result panel will become available for copying and text cleanup.
4. Use Remove Timestamps for chapter-style time markers, Remove Links to strip web addresses, or Format Text to tidy excess blank lines.

What this tool can and cannot do

This page cleans description text; it does not reveal private, deleted, members-only, or otherwise restricted video information. Automatic retrieval depends on an external data service and may fail because of availability, access limits, or unsupported links. Manual paste mode provides the cleanup features without an API key.

Tip: Keep the original text before cleaning it. Removing timestamps or URLs is irreversible within the result panel, and chapter timestamps or links may be useful to viewers.