How to download a thumbnail image of a YouTube video cover

To do this it is not necessary to have a great knowledge of anything. We won't even use programs or anything like that. All of this tutorial can be done from both a computer and a mobile device.

We will use a very interesting web service that allows us to collect images and download them easily. In a few seconds you will be able to download from your PC all the cover images of the YouTube videos you have seen. Since there are no limits when it comes to downloading thumbnail images.




It's a simple tutorial to download the thumbnail image of a YouTube video cover. You can choose the quality you want, although this will depend on the quality of the video. If a video is in Full HD 1080p quality, you can choose to download a cover image of that size.

Otherwise, if the video only reaches HD 720p, then you won't be able to download it in 1080p, but you will be limited to just the above quality. This is something you need to keep in mind and that without an application or website you will be able to download a higher quality image. It all depends on the quality of the video.

How to download a thumbnail image of a YouTube video cover

Download YouTube video thumbnails

  • The first thing we will do is locate the video whose thumbnail you want.
  • Once you find the video, you have to copy the URL from the address bar. This URL is the one found at the top of everything in the browser and starts with » youtube.com/watch?v= »You have to copy the complete address.
  • Another thing you can do is press the button " Share «, A pop-up window opens and at the bottom of it we have the option to copy the URL. On mobile devices, the button " Share »Works as in the web version.

After that we will have to go to a website dedicated to acquiring images from different sites and which allows us to download them to our computer.




How to download a thumbnail image of a YouTube video cover

How to download the thumbnail image of a YouTube video

The site we will use is Thumbnalsave and once opened, all we have to do is paste the URL we copied in the previous steps.

After pasting the address, what we need to do is click on «Submit». After that we go to a website that is a bit complicated to understand. However, all you have to do is scroll to the bottom of the same page.


You will find the catches in different qualities. Here you can download whatever you want depending on what you want to use it for. All you have to do is right-click on the image you want to download to open a menu.


In this new menu you will have to click with the left mouse button on «Save image as» and the Windows file explorer will open. Choose where you want to save the image and click the «Save» button. You have already downloaded the image to your computer.


È so easy to learn to download the thumbnail image of a YouTube video cover to your computer. In seconds you can have all the video covers you want on your PC.

Remember we have a huge variety of tutorials and tricks for YouTube and Windows which may be too useful. In turn, if you have any kind of doubt about it, you can leave it a little further down.


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