YouTube Thumbnail Downloader

YouTube videos sometimes have very cool thumbnails, so much so that you may wish to save them locally; this is not possible directly from the website, but there are plenty of web-based and desktop applications that can help you out.

YouTube Thumbnail Downloader is one of the utilities you can try – a small, open-source program that can save thumbnails for individual videos effortlessly.

If you’ve found an interesting thumbnail on YouTube and wish to save it without any fuss, this is a good tool for the job, as you don’t need to go through a setup process before using it.

Once you have downloaded the program, you just need to launch the executable file, provide the video’s YouTube URL and specify where the image should be saved.

After entering the video URL, the application displays a preview of the thumbnail in the main window, giving you an idea of what it will look like before saving it. When you are ready, just click the Download button and save the image.

YouTube Thumbnail Downloader grabs the highest-quality version of the thumbnail available, and it is saved locally as a JPG image file.

While it is a great tool for grabbing a single thumbnail, the application is not capable of downloading multiple images from a playlist, so saving a large number of thumbnails could take some time.

YouTube Thumbnail Downloader does its job quite well, and it is very easy to set up. It enables you to save YouTube video thumbnails quickly and effortlessly, and you don’t even need to install it on your PC. However, it is not a great choice if you need to download thumbnails from multiple videos.