And voila! Chrome should no longer open the file type automatically after downloading. If it still does, simply restart the browser, and you should be good. Just remember that you have to repeat the process for any other file types that you want to prevent Chrome from launching automatically. If you want to stop Chrome from launching multiple file types automatically, you may not have the time or the patience to change your preferences via the download shelf repeatedly.
In that case, you can clear your auto-open download preferences via the browser's Settings panel. Just keep in mind that you cannot selectively remove file types from auto-launching; all files will stop opening automatically once you go through the steps below. Step 1: Open the Chrome menu click the icon with three dots to the upper-right corner of the window , and then click Settings.
Step 3: Under the Downloads group, click Clear next to 'Open certain file types automatically after downloading. That's it. No file type should open automatically once they've finished downloading from here on out. Rather than configuring Chrome to prevent a certain file type from launching automatically or resetting the browser's auto-open download preferences, you can simply use Guest mode to bypass the download settings.
It's great for one-off instances where you want to perform normal downloads without making any changes to your browser. The Guest mode works outside of your Chrome profile, so it doesn't have access to any of your preferences. While you will not have access to your browsing data bookmarks, passwords, history, etc. Step 3: Initiate a download. It should show up in the download shelf and normally save to the Downloads folder on your PC or Mac without automatically launching it.
Auto-launching file downloads work a treat in cases where you don't want to waste a second longer to open them manually. But you don't want that to happen all the time, especially when you're in the midst of serious work. The methods above should help you stop that—just pick the one that works the best for you. That said, Chrome's download capabilities do require a serious revamp.
They are outdated, unintuitive, and hard to reconfigure. Aside from the annoying download shelf that nags you at every turn, how about some easy controls to manage your download speed?
That would be great. Next up: Did you know that you could bulk download images in Chrome? Click the link below to learn how to do that.
It's that last step that I would like to bypass. Improve this question. This question is related to superuser. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You can clear auto-opening settings through the Settings dialog.
Here's how: Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar. Improve this answer. This no longer works. Changing the setting through the Download Bar does still work and is currently the easiest solution by far — Matt. In Chrome 67, it seems that for some downloads at least PDFs , the download bar is never displayed. Opening the Downloads page does not have the reset opening preferences under any contextual menu that I can find. Opening this sample test PDF is one way to reproduce this - www.
The "downloads bar" at the bottom of Chrome's window only opens when the downloaded file has NOT been automatically opened. So this solution does not work. Salma Massoud Salma Massoud 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. This does not work on Windows 8. Works in Chrome on macOS. In Version Clicking [Clear] seems to have solved the problem.
The answer was to manually edit the preferences files for Chrome. First, quit all running instances of Chrome. CodeBrauer 4 4 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. Eliot Sykes Eliot Sykes 2 2 bronze badges. Thank you so much!
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