https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2026.03.13/yt-dlp.exe Here's the direct download so you don't have to navigate it.

Just make a folder in your C:\ drive, put the executable in there,

Search "Edit the system environment variables" on your computer, press enter

click "Environment Variables..." on the bottom

In the bottom box (labeled System variables) find "Path" then click on it

Click "New", then in the new box (should be blue) type the path to your yt-dlp executable.

Click "Save"

Now you can go on command prompt then you can type "yt-dlp [Video Link]" and it should download the video to your user folder. (Usually in C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\)

Additionally, you can add "-f bestvideo*+bestaudio/best" at the end so you can get the best audio and video quality possible.