4 Ways to Download Udemy Courses on PC [All at Once]

Udemy allows you to download videos on their mobile app for offline viewing, but in most cases, complete courses are not downloadable from a computer. One exception is that the instructors enable downloading their lectures themselves, which is very rare.

In this article, I will show you a few options to download Udemy courses on a computer or record them without a black screen. You can download one video at a time or download all videos from one course at once.

Method 1: Download Udemy paid courses with Allavsoft

The first tool to download videos from Udemy is Allavsoft. It has a concise interface and allows you to download video and audio from even more websites including Udemy, Lynda, YouTube, Spotify, Deezer in batch.

It is fast and supports 1080p high-quality videos. You can also set your preferred subtitles in the videos. If you want to download multiple courses from Udemy fast, this is probably the best choice.

Step1. Download and Install Allavsoft. It is available for both Windows and Mac.

Step 2. Copy and paste the Udemy course URL. If needed, choose the output format of the video because this program is also capable of converting video format. By default, the Udemy video will be downloaded as 1080p MP4 format.

Step 3. Click the big Download icon on the main interface and start downloading. When you use it for the first time, you will be prompted to log into your Udemy account.

Usually, in seconds the program will analyze the link and offer you a choice to download the first video or all videos in the Udemy course. If you are interested in this software, check this detailed Allavsoft review post.

Method 2: Downloader Extension Works for Udemy Partially

If you don’t want to get Allavsoft, you can use a free extension Video DownloadHelper to download videos from Udemy. It is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. However, it only works for some Udemy courses.

Since it is totally free, it does not hurt to give it a try. Besides, it also allows you to download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and many other websites. Due to Google WebStore Restrictions, the Chrome version cannot download YouTube videos.

On any Udemy course playback page, you can just click on the extension icon and it will load downloadable videos. As mentioned, it cannot download all the Udemy videos.

Method 3: Download Udemy course with your web browser

Let’s say you are watching a Udemy video with your web browser on a PC and you find it fascinating, so you want to download it for offline viewing. You can just use the Developer Tools of your Web browser to download it directly even though the Download option is greyed.

You can refer to the steps below to download Udemy videos easily. I will be using the Chrome web browser as an example.

Step 1. Log in with your Udemy account and open the Udemy video that you want to download.

Step 2. Right-click on any blank space, select Inspect, or press F12 (Windows) to open Developer Tools. In the Developer Tools, click on the Network tab and select Media as the screenshot below.

Step 3. Reload this page and then you will see the Udemy MP4 file URL listed.

Step 4. Open the URL in a new tab to start downloading the Udemy video.

After the recent Udemy update, it is tricky to use this method to grab the Udemy video, which I no longer recommend for regular users.

If it does not start downloading, you should see the video is playing the new tab, and from there you can right-click and select “Save Video As…” to download the video course from Udemy.

Method 4: Download All Udemy videos with YouTube-Dl

If you don’t like to download one tool that can only download videos from Udemy, you can use another open-source tool called YouTube-Dl. It allows you to download videos from more than 1000 websites and Udemy is among them.

Actually, I have written a few posts mentioning YouTube-DL. If you are using a Mac, you can refer to this post to see how to configure it on a Mac, and this one to install YouTube-DL on Windows. Once you get the tool installed. You can type the following command to download all videos from one Udemy course:

To Download the Course Videos, as is (Lacking File Name and/or Directory Organization) use the following command:

youtube-dl -u [email protected] -p P@ssw0rd https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-google-adwords-training-course/learn/lecture/12313178#content

For Windows users, you should replace “youtube-dl” with “youtube-dl.exe”

If you get an error before you’ve finished Downloading the entire course, include the “–playlist-start” Command, to pick up where it left off. For example, you get an error just after Video #20 has finished Downloading and Video #21 is Starting Up, use the command below:

youtube-dl -u [email protected] -p P@ssw0rd https://www.udemy.com/mta-windows-server-administration-fundamentals/ --playlist-start 21

Besides Udemy, you can use this command to download private Facebook video or many others. However, the download speed is slower than the other methods addressed here. With a free app called A-Shell from Appstore, you can also install youtube-dl on iOS.

Join our Premium Membership to Learn More

All the above methods can only download non-encrypted videos from Udemy. Check out our premium plan to learn more methods. In our premium content, you will learn how to bypass Udemy DRM to download all videos in one course as the screenshot below.

Click the Subscribe button below to unlock all of our premium content. If you have any concerns, you can talk to us on Telegram, Skype, or other platforms.

How to Record Udemy Videos without a Black Screen

When you try to take a screenshot or record an Udemy video, it will turn into a black screen. If you typically use the Google Chrome browser to watch Udemy videos, you may avoid the black screen by removing hardware acceleration. Then you can use screen record software for Windows or Mac to record Udemy videos. Here’s how to disable hardware acceleration in Chrome:

Step 1. Launch Google Chrome and select the three-dot menu in the upper right corner.
Step 2. Choose “Settings” from the dropdown list.
Step 3. Scroll down and choose “Advanced” to see more advanced options.
Step 4. Toggle off the “Use hardware acceleration when available” option in the System section.
Step 5. To make the changes take effect, restart Google Chrome.

Then use a screen recording utility to record your screen. If you use a Mac, you need a little trick to record screen with system sound. If you want to save Udemy videos at higher quality, be sure to play it in 1080P.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are 4 different ways to download Udemy videos. 3 of them are totally free, only Allavsoft is a paid tool and you can try it free to download 5 full videos.

Around June the 11th, 2021, Udemy enhanced security for downloading. The web brower Inspect method can only download Udemy videos in many small parts and combine them manually.

Now, it is your turn. Which of these methods do you like the most? If you find something missing, let us know in the comments.