4K Video Downloader
4K Video Downloader is a desktop utility from Open Media OOO for downloading videos, playlists, channels, subtitles, and audio from supported sites.
What is 4K Video Downloader?
4K Video Downloader is a media downloading application for macOS, Windows, and Linux published by Open Media OOO under the 4K Download product line. Its main purpose is to save videos, playlists, channels, subtitles, and audio from supported online platforms for offline use. The current official product page is presented as 4K Video Downloader Plus, which reflects the newer branding of the app while continuing the same download-focused role. On Mac, users typically encounter it as a standard app installed in /Applications, and it may also create support, cache, and preference files in the user Library folder. Typical use cases include archiving videos for personal offline viewing, exporting audio, and downloading grouped content such as playlists or channel uploads. Because its functionality depends heavily on third-party websites changing over time, the app often requires updates to maintain compatibility. It is generally a legitimate consumer utility, but users should consider the legal and policy implications of downloading content from online services.
Key features
- Downloads individual videos from supported websites
- Can save entire playlists and channel content
- Extracts audio from supported media sources
- Downloads subtitles when available
- Supports high-resolution video downloads when offered by the source
- Provides a free tier with usage limits
- Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is a legitimate commercial app from Open Media OOO, not a known system component. The main risk is not typical malware behavior but downloading copyrighted or account-restricted content, plus granting the app access to links, downloaded files, and possibly login-related workflows on supported sites.
Recommendation: Keep it if you intentionally use it to download online video or audio. If you do not use it, removing the app and its leftover support files is usually reasonable. Review it more carefully in managed or workplace environments where content-downloading tools may conflict with policy.
Common paths
/Applications/4K Video Downloader+.app/Applications/4K Video Downloader.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader~/Library/Caches/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader+
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/4kdownload.com~/Library/Application Support/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader~/Library/Application Support/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader+
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader.plist~/Library/Preferences/com.openmedia.4kvideodownloader+.plist
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