This Chrome extension helps you quickly move your YouTube subscriptions and playlists from one account to another using backup CSV files.

Features

• Transfer subscriptions
• Migrate playlists

How to Use

1. Backup Your Data

Use Google Takeout to export your YouTube data from your old account:

• Subscriptions list
• Playlists data

Not sure what the exported files should look like? See examples/ for sample subscription and playlist CSV files and a description of the format.

2. Transfer Data

For Subscriptions:

1. Open YouTube and log in to your new account
2. Click the extension icon
3. Select your subscriptions CSV file
4. Wait for the process to complete

For Playlists:

1. Click "Choose folder" in the Playlists section
2. Select the folder containing your playlist backup CSV files
3. Drink a coffee while the extension creates playlists and adds videos
4. You'll see a completion notification when done

Notes

• Ensure that you are logged into your new YouTube account before running the script.
• The script may take some time depending on the number of subscriptions being processed.
• Make sure the YouTube webpage is set to English or Chinese.

Having Issues?

If you're experiencing problems, please try these steps:

1. Verify your CSV files (compare against examples/):

   • For subscriptions: Use the original channels list from Google Takeout
   • For playlists: Use the playlist CSV files exported by Google Takeout

2. If issues persist:

   • Open an issue on Github
   • Include your browser console logs (Press F12 > Console)
   • Describe the steps to reproduce the problem

Want to contribute?

Awesome! 🎉

• Found a bug? Open an issue

• Have an improvement? Submit a PR

If you find this extension helpful, I'd be grateful for your star! ⭐️

Thank you for your support! 🙏

Releasing

Releases are published to the Chrome Web Store automatically by GitHub Actions (see .github/workflows/publish.yml):

1. Bump version in manifest.json and merge to main.
2. Push a matching tag, for example git tag v1.0.5 && git push origin v1.0.5.
3. Approve the chrome-web-store environment deployment in the Actions tab.
4. The workflow zips the runtime files, uploads the package for Google review, and attaches the zip to a GitHub Release.

Required repository secrets: CWS_EXTENSION_ID, CWS_CLIENT_ID, CWS_CLIENT_SECRET, CWS_REFRESH_TOKEN. See Using the Chrome Web Store API for how to obtain them.

To build the zip locally without publishing, run scripts/package.sh.