Copy YouTube APK from Android Phone to PC My Question is specific to copying the YouTube APK file from My Android device (Micromax Canvas 4 - Android 4.2, Non-rooted device)to PC/Laptop. 

The YouTube App is a system app in my device. Below is the path for it.

/system/app/YouTube.apk


I used adb shell pm path com.google.android.youtube command to find the exact path of YouTube APK.

I tried to use adb pull to copy the APK as below:

adb pull /system/app/YouTube.apk


This throw below error message:

remote object 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/system/app/YouTube.apk' does not exist


I am also fine if I can copy this APK to external SD-card which is mounted in my Android device (in case if I cannot adb pull it)

Any Hints?

Device Details:Micromax Canvas 4 (Android 4.2) Non-rooted device
(Comments Reference) Since your main motive is to get the APK file, we can try three approaches here:

1) Using a backup app: There are a lot of great backup apps like Titanium, but since its just as a temporary solution with only motive to get the APK file, I would suggest using a simpler backup app like Android Assisstant. Using this, we first backup Youtube APK and then we copy it to PC.


Open the app after downloading from above link.
Go to Tools-&gt;Backup and Restore





In the list, check-mark the YouTube.apkand press Backup.
The app APK would be saved in directory /sdcard/AndroidAssisstant_appbackup which you can transfer to PC normally.


2) Using a Root File Manager: Since we dont need to root for reading system, any root browser would work. For simplicity, I would recommend using Solid Explorer (since ES could be a bit too much for first-time users).


After installing Solid Explorer, open the app and press the Jump button at bottom panel and choose Device-&gt;System Root.
Browse over to /system/app and copy over Youtube.apk to sdcard. Transfer this file to PC through whatever methods you prefer.


NOTE: Trial version of solid explorer allows you to only open it once. So an alternative would be Root Browser which has a very similar interface.

3) Using Terminal Emulator: Download/Install Terminal Emulator.

Open the app and use the command cp /system/app/YouTube.apk /sdcard/which should copy the APK file to your sdcard that you can tranfer to PC normally.

Hope this helps.