[Tip] How to Change Downloads Folder Location in Your Web Browser

UPDATE: This article was posted in year 2014. Today we have updated the article with new screenshots and latest information applicable to newer versions of web browsers. Also added new method to change Downloads folder location in new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser.

There are many web browsers available on Internet but five browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Microsoft Edge are the most popular and widely used among all. Different people like different browsers and personally I prefer using Firefox on my computers. Generally I install all popular web browsers in my personal and work computers as I need to test their features and extensions to write articles about them here at AskVG.

Because of using many web browsers in a single computer system, I organize the downloaded files of each web browser in different folders for my convenience. For example I have a folder “Downloads” in my hard disk drive which contains 4 sub-folders such as IE Downloads, Firefox Downloads, etc to store downloaded files of each browser. In this way I can easily find out which files were downloaded by which web browser and my downloaded files never get mixed up.

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By default almost all web browsers are set to store your downloaded files in “Downloads” folder present in your Windows user profile folder but that location can be easily changed using web browser settings.

If you use a web browser and want to change the download folder location, this tutorial will help you.

Today in this tutorial we are going to tell how to change downloads folder location in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera web browsers.

Change Download Location in Internet Explorer

1. Opera Internet Explorer and click on Tools -> View downloads option. Alternatively you can open download manager window directly by pressing “Ctrl+J” keys together.

2. Now click on “Options” link given at the bottom-left area of download manager window.

3. Now click on “Browse” button, select your desired folder and click on “Select Folder” button.

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That’s it. Click on OK button to save the changes and now Internet Explorer will always save your downloaded files in your desired folder.

Change Download Location in Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on Firefox Menu button and select Options. Alternatively, you can directly open Options page using about:preferences URL.

2. In Options window, go to “General” tab and scroll down to “Files and Applications” section. Now click on “Browse” button present near “Save files to” radio button.

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3. Now select your desired folder and click on “Select Folder” button.

That’s it. Now Mozilla Firefox will always save your downloaded files in your desired folder.

Change Download Location in Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome, click on the 3-dots icon (main menu) present at the top-right corner of the window.

2. Now select “Settings” option from the main menu.

3. It’ll open Chrome settings page. Scroll down to bottom and click on “Advanced” option.

4. Now you’ll see “Downloads” section. Click on “Change” button, select your desired folder and click on “Select Folder” button.

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Now Google Chrome will always save your downloaded files in your desired folder.

Change Download Location in Opera

1. Launch Opera web browser, click on Opera Menu button and then click on Settings option. Alternatively you can directly launch Settings page by pressing Alt+P keys together.

2. Now scroll down to bottom on settings page and click on “Advanced” link. It’ll show advanced settings options.

3. Again scroll down and you’ll see “Downloads” section. Click on “Change” button, select your desired folder and click on “Select Folder” button.

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Now Opera will always save your downloaded files in your desired folder.

Change Download Location in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, click on the 3-dots icon (main menu) present at the top-right corner of the window.

2. Now select “Settings” option from the main menu.

3. It’ll open Edge settings page. In left-side pane, click on “Downloads” section.

4. In right-side pane, click on “Change” button, select your desired folder and click on “Select Folder” button.

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Now Microsoft Edge will always save your downloaded files in your desired folder.

That’s all for now. You might be already knowing all or some of these methods but we are sure there are many people who were not aware of these tips and they’ll find this tutorial useful. Feel free to share your feedback in your comment…

Also Check:

[Windows 10 Tip] Change Downloads Folder Location in Microsoft Edge Browser

Published in: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  1. Chromium fixed also that when you save image from website it will not respect custom download location, before it saved it n user download folder instead of custom download folder.

    So, now it will respect custom download folder defined via Chromium settings.

  2. Thanks for this tip and many others. I faithfully open emails from you when I receive them and share with my friends. SOOOO helpful.

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