Downloading an IPA of YouTube that you did not extract from your own purchased copy exists in a legal gray area. While you own a license to use YouTube’s app, distributing or downloading it from third-party sites violates YouTube’s Terms of Service and Apple’s copyright policies. In practice, individual users are rarely targeted, but the sources hosting these files are often taken down.
If you are on iOS 14.0 up to 15.4.1, you can use TrollStore. This utility installs IPAs permanently. They never expire.
Step 1: Install TrollStore using Safari (instructions change often, check r/jailbreak). Step 2: Download your old YouTube IPA. Step 3: Open the IPA in TrollStore. Step 4: Press "Install."
That’s it. You now have a permanently installed, old version of YouTube that does not expire and cannot be revoked by Apple. youtube ipa download old version
The vertical, TikTok-like "Shorts" section is hated by many purists. It clutters the subscription feed and homepage. Older versions from 2019-2020 did not have the Shorts feature integrated into the main interface.
Based on community feedback (as of 2025), these versions are frequently requested:
| Version | Why users want it | |--------|-------------------| | 14.20 | Classic UI, no Shorts button, old video quality selector | | 15.49.6 | Reliable performance, works well on iOS 12/13 devices | | 16.42.3 | Last version before double-tap to seek was heavily changed | | 17.32.2 | Blocks some ads without tweaks, stable memory usage | | 18.25.1 | Supports iOS 14+ but lacks the modern creator-centric design | Downloading an IPA of YouTube that you did
Note: Very old versions (before 2020) may fail to play any video due to Google API changes.
The Internet Archive maintains a library of legitimate, decrypted IPAs dumped by users. Search for "YouTube version [x.x.x].ipa". Because these are unmodified stock IPAs, they contain no malware—though they also contain all of Google’s standard ads.
If you already have the modern YouTube app installed, you must delete it. An IPA file (iOS App Store Package) is
An IPA file (iOS App Store Package) is the archive file for an iOS app. When you install an app from the App Store, you are downloading the current version—usually the latest one.
An IPA download allows you to manually install a specific version that Apple no longer signs (approves) for direct download.
