Subscribe link and RSS feed
Turn any channel into a one-click subscribe link (with the confirmation prompt) and its RSS feed URL.
Data from YouTube
Clean short link
Paste a video link; get the youtu.be short form with tracking parameters stripped, keeping the timestamp if it has one.
ID extractor
Paste any YouTube URL; every id it carries reads out instantly, in your browser.
Recent channels
How it works
The subscribe and RSS panel resolves whatever you paste to the channel's permanent UC id through YouTube's official API. Handles, names, legacy URLs, and video URLs all work. It then builds the links that need the id. The subscribe link comes in both the @handle and channel-ID forms, and its ?sub_confirmation=1 parameter opens YouTube's confirmation prompt. The RSS feed URL is one any reader can follow. The RSS URL is handed to your reader. Nothing fetches the feed here.
The other two panels never leave your browser. The cleaner reduces any video link to its canonical youtu.be form. It drops si=, feature=, UTM parameters, and playlist context, and offers to keep a timestamp. The extractor parses out the video, playlist, and channel ids a URL carries, with copy buttons on everything.
Related tools: the Timestamp Link Generator builds start-at links, the Embed Code Generator builds the iframe form, and the Channel Analyzer shows the full channel record behind the UC id.
What the links do
- Subscribe link
- Opens the channel with a "Confirm channel subscription" prompt, one click from subscribed.
- RSS feed URL
- The channel's uploads as a standard feed (latest 15 videos) for any RSS reader.
- Clean short link
- The youtu.be canonical form with share-tracking and UTM parameters removed.
- IDs
- The 11-character video id, the list= playlist id, and the UC channel id, each with Copy.
Frequently asked questions
What is a YouTube subscribe link?
A channel URL with ?sub_confirmation=1 added. Opening it shows the visitor a "Confirm channel subscription" prompt over the channel page, one click from subscribed. That makes it the right link for email signatures, websites, and video descriptions. The generator builds it from any channel handle, URL, or video, in both the @handle and channel-ID forms.
Does YouTube still have RSS feeds?
Yes. Every channel serves youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC..., which lists the latest 15 uploads, and any RSS reader can subscribe to it. The feed URL needs the channel's UC id, not its handle, which is exactly what the resolver here produces. Playlists have feeds too. Swap the parameter for playlist_id= with a playlist id from the extractor below.
Why use the youtu.be short form of a video link?
It is YouTube's own short domain. It is half the length and survives copy and paste in chat and SMS without wrapping. The cleaner also strips the tracking baggage a shared link picks up: si=, feature=, utm_ parameters, and playlist context. You are left with the canonical link, and you can keep a timestamp if you want one.
What is the si= parameter YouTube adds to shared links?
A share-tracking token. It tells YouTube which share created the visit and can tie the click back to the sharer. It does nothing for the viewer, so stripping it, which the cleaner does, is good hygiene when publishing links. The video plays the same without it.
How do I find a video, channel, or playlist ID?
Paste any YouTube URL into the extractor and it reads out every id the URL carries: the 11-character video id, the playlist id from list=, or the UC channel id. A channel page that uses an @handle instead of an id needs the resolver above, because turning a handle into a UC id takes a lookup. Everything else parses instantly in your browser.
Do subscribe links work in an embed or app?
The confirmation prompt appears when the link opens the channel page on youtube.com, on desktop and mobile web, and the YouTube app handles it on most devices. Inside an iframe YouTube may drop the prompt. Use the link as a normal anchor, not as an embed source.
What does this page send to YouTube?
Only the channel resolution, one lookup through the official API, when you use the subscribe and RSS panel. The short-link cleaner and the ID extractor run entirely in your browser and make no requests at all.
Are the YouTube link tools free?
Yes, free with no signup. The channel resolver draws one lookup from the shared daily allowance shown by the quota chip. The browser-side panels are unlimited. Results keep a shareable link for 7 days.