Download a file - Computer (original) (raw)

To save a file or image on your computer or device, download it. The file will be saved in your default download location.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to the site where you want to download the file.
3. Save the file:
4. If asked, choose where you want to save the file, then click Save.
   • Executable files (.exe, .dll, .bat): If you trust the file, click Save. If you're not sure about the contents of the download, click Discard.
5. When you begin a download, a Download in progress icon appears on the top right next to the address bar. Once the download completes, the Download tray opens.
6. To open your file, click Open new .
   • You can also click the file to open it.

Tips:

• To show extra actions like Show in Folder , point to the filename.
• If you download a file, or if you’ve recently downloaded a file, the Download tray will appear. Recently downloaded files will appear to the right of the address bar.
• To view all downloads if the Download tray isn't present to the right of the address bar, click More Downloads.
• You can drag a downloaded file to another folder, program, or website. To move a downloaded file, in the Download tray , click the file and drag it to the target location.
• If the scanned PDF has several pages, OCR conversion might take some time. When the PDF loads, you get the notification “Extracting text from PDF…”

Learn how to fix file download errors.

Change your default download permissions

Pause or cancel a download

Find a list of files you've downloaded

Change default PDF download permissions

Download an edited PDF

You can edit a PDF online then save the edited version to your computer.

1. Go to an online PDF form.
2. Type in the PDF form.
3. Select Download Edited.
   • When you use the Chrome PDF viewer to access PDFs, scanned PDFs of physical documents are automatically converted to be searchable and selectable using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). After the conversion, you can highlight, search, copy, paste, and find text within the document. The conversion is completed on your device without sending any data to Google or third parties.

Tip: You can open the edited PDF you saved and continue editing.

Change download locations

You can choose a location on your computer where downloads should be saved by default or pick a specific destination for each download.

Default download locations

If you didn't change your default download location, then Google Chrome downloads files to the following locations:

• Windows 10 and up: \Users\<username>\Downloads
• Mac: /Users/<username>/Downloads
• Linux: /home/<username>/Downloads

Turn off automatic file opening

If a specific file type, like PDFs or images, opens automatically:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. Go to the site where you want to download a file.
3. After your download, select Recent download history .
4. Right click on a recently downloaded file.
5. If "Always open files of this type" is checked, uncheck it.

Related resources

• Google Chrome blocks some downloads
• Print from Chrome
• Read pages later & offline

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