iGotTools

YouTube Thumbnail Extractor

Extract YouTube video and Shorts thumbnail URLs locally, preview available quality levels, and copy direct image, Markdown, or HTML snippets.

Video ID
dQw4w9WgXcQ
Canonical URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Thumbnail qualities

Open image
Open image
Open image
Open image
Open image

Max-resolution thumbnails only load when YouTube generated that size for the video.

How to use

  1. 1Paste a YouTube watch, youtu.be, Shorts, embed, live URL, or the 11-character video ID.
  2. 2Let the tool extract the video ID and build available i.ytimg.com thumbnail URLs.
  3. 3Review max resolution, HQ, MQ, and default preview sizes; 1280x720 may not exist for every video.
  4. 4Copy the direct image URL, Markdown, or HTML snippet for the size you need.

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