Stop Firefox From Tracking Downloads
I’ve never actually used the Firefox download window for anything useful. I don’t really care about keeping a list of downloads, and anytime I accidentally open the downloads window, it seems to hang the browser for a few seconds.
Turning off the tracking of downloads is really very simple. I didn’t realize how simple it was until
Click Tools \ Options and then the Privacy tab.
Uncheck the box for “Remember what I’ve downloaded”. You might also want to clear the download list while you are at it.
This article was originally written on 03/16/07
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Thanks a lot for the tip…I should have realized how easy it was. I’m in the process of manually downloading hundreds of images for a project and up to this point it’s been a pain in the ass with the browser tensing up each time it opened the downloads box. Thanks again.
A curious sidenote…I disabled it, and everything was working fine, but then it started up again – opening the downloads box and tracking the downloads. I opened up the settings and rechecked the option to store my data and it seems to have solved the problem.
i am using Firefox3 with the “download manager” add-on. it helps to continue the downloads when the main window has been closed, so it still gives me the download window, but not as often
@ scott, download download them all to download a lot of images… DOH
This option is not there on Firefox 3.5.