# Many links at once · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/batch
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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# Many links at once

OmniGet can take a whole list of links in one go. Paste them together in the box, or keep them in a text file and open it; OmniGet checks the list first and skips what it cannot download.

## Where it is

-   **Home**, in the **Paste a link or search** box.
-   **Home › More ways to download** (the button at the left of the box) **› Paste many links…** to open a `.txt` file.
-   Drag a `.txt` file onto the OmniGet window.

## How to use it

### Paste several links

1.  Copy the links. They can be on separate lines or separated by spaces, and can sit inside other text, such as a chat message.
2.  Paste them in the box on Home.
3.  OmniGet shows how many it found, for example **N links found**. Repeated links are counted once.
4.  Pick a mode: **Auto**, **Audio only (MP3)** or **Video without sound**.
5.  Click **Download all N**.

### Open a text file

1.  Make a `.txt` file with one link per line.
2.  Click **More ways to download › Paste many links…** and pick the file, or drag the file onto the window.
3.  The links appear in the box and OmniGet shows the batch, as above.

In the file:

-   Empty lines and lines that start with `#` are skipped, so you can add notes.
-   On each line, anything after a `|` is ignored.
-   Lines must start with `http://`, `https://`, `magnet:` or `p2p:`. Other lines are skipped.
-   A file with only one link opens that link as a normal single download.

### The check before the batch

Before adding the links, OmniGet checks the list:

-   If some links are repeated or cannot be handled, it shows **Skipping X of Y: unsupported or repeated.** and downloads the rest.
-   If none of them can be downloaded, it stops and shows **None of the … links can be downloaded — no supported site among them.**

When the batch starts, OmniGet shows how many downloads it added to the [Queue](https://getomniget.com/docs/queue).

## Options

A batch uses fewer options than a single link:

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mode | **Auto**, **Audio only (MP3)** or **Video without sound**, for every link. | The last mode you used |
| Quality | Every link uses **Settings › Downloads › Quality › Video quality**. | 720p |
| Folder | Every link goes to the **Default folder**, or OmniGet asks when **Always ask where to save** is on. | Your Downloads folder |

There is no per-link quality, format, section or account choice in a batch. For those, paste the links one at a time.

When you paste, OmniGet removes common tracking parameters from each link and drops links that point to the same video.

## Common problems

### No valid URLs found in the file

None of the lines starts with `http://`, `https://`, `magnet:` or `p2p:`. Check that each link is on its own line and complete.

### Some links failed later

The check before the batch only looks at the links themselves. A link can still fail when it downloads, for example if it needs a login. Each failure shows in the [Queue](https://getomniget.com/docs/queue) with its own error.

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