2025 Method to Download View-Only Videos from Google Drive

Struggling to download a view-only video from Google Drive? Are the "Download" and "Make a copy" buttons grayed out and disabled? In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll show you a simple and effective method to bypass these restrictions and save any protected Google Drive video directly to your computer, complete with its original audio track.

This method works as of July 2025 and does not require any special software for the download process itself—all you need is your web browser!

👇 What you'll learn in this video: 👇

1. How to use your browser's Developer Tools (Inspect Element) to find hidden video and audio files.

2. The keyboard shortcuts to open Developer Tools when right-click is disabled (for both Windows and Mac).

3. How to filter network requests to easily locate the separate video and audio streams.

4. The simple trick to edit the file URLs, making them instantly downloadable.

5. How to merge the separate video and audio files back together into one complete video using free software.

This is the perfect solution for students, professionals, or anyone who needs an offline copy of a shared video for legitimate purposes like personal study or offline viewing.

🛠️ Free Video Editors Mentioned:

DaVinci Resolve

Shotcut

Clipchamp (Built into Windows)

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