When we are going to download a file from our Google Chrome browser, on many occasions these downloads are saved directly in the download folder of your computer, however, many times we want to change the destination of these downloads, since we want it to be saved in a specific folder.
How to change the default CHROME download folder?
It was for this reason that we decided to create this guide for you so that you know how you can change the default folder for Google Chrome downloads so that you can save your files in a different folder than the one they are normally saved to.
Index( )
- What is the process to change Chrome download path?
- From the Smartphone
- From PC
- Where are Google Chrome downloads stored?
- Directly in the default download folder
- At the path specified by the user
What is the process to change Chrome download path?
In order to change the download path of Google Chrome from the PC or from this cell phone together with the Google Chome application, installed on any of the two devices after this, you must follow the steps below, we will indicate it.
From the Smartphone
If you want to change the download settings from your mobile, you must go to your Google Chrome application, then you must go to the configuration that is located at the top in the three browser dots and you are located in the configuration option.
Once you are located here you will look for the download option that is in the penultimate option of it, after you select this option you will see where you want it to be saved either in the internal folder on your phone in downloads, or on the removable card your phone.
On the other hand, if you want your Google browser to look differently than it does by default; You can change the background photo , that is, the theme so that it looks personalized in your own way.
From PC
If you do it on the computer you can do the same procedure, which is to go to the Google account settings and then click on advanced settings; followed by this, you will click on downloads, then on the option to change.
Here a window will appear where you can select the folder where you want the downloaded files to be saved; Later you click on confirm and that’s it.
However, this is not the only thing you can do in customizing Google Chrome , since you can also configure the size of the font that appears in the browser and thus be able to read more clearly what you are looking for.
Where are Google Chrome downloads stored?
When you decide to download a document, photo, or video from Google Chrome, these can generally be saved in two types of folders, either in the default one that has been installed since the application was installed on the device; or in the specific folder that we learned to run earlier. Now, if you want to know what the locations of your downloads are, you must follow the following steps:
Directly in the default download folder
As we mentioned before, normally when we download a file or document , it is always saved in this folder and to locate this folder, you can do it in two ways, one when the file is downloaded, you would locate yourself on the little arrow next to it and You give the option where it says to show the destination folder.
And the other way to find this folder is to search through the download option and then you will verify the path where it was saved, in this way you will know where said file was saved.
At the path specified by the user
This option was what we learned to configure in the previous step, which is to save the files in a default folder that you determine, in this way you can have your files organized on your computer and you can find them easily and quickly.
On the other hand, it is important that you know that in Google Chrome , it is a complete browser that allows you to have different functionalities in your browser since it does have many tools that can be used for your search.
However, many times we are browsing in said browser and a page that we were viewing at the time closes, or by mistake we close it, so we have to search the search history for said page.
Which is a bit stressful, since there may be several pages hosted in that history and we find each other easily, but there are shortcuts that you can do using the keyboard to recover said page and in this way you can continue enjoying that video or blog that you are watching or observing