How to Move the Download Folder in Chrome

If you’ve been using Google Chrome for a time, you may be aware that the web browser stores all downloaded files to the ‘Downloads’ folder on your computer. While the downloads folder on your system installation disk is intended for this purpose, you may choose to modify it for a variety of reasons.

For instance, if you’re looking to save up space on your system installation disk, you could wish to rename the downloads directories. Google Chrome enables you to easily modify the location of the download folder. Additionally, it asks you where you wish to save each file before to downloading.

Change the Download Folder Location in Chrome

So, if you want to modify the Download folder location in Google Chrome, you’ve come to the proper place. This post will show you how to alter the download folder location in Chrome.

Change the Download Folder in Chrome

To change the download folder location in Google Chrome, just follow the procedures outlined below. Here’s how to modify the download folder in Chrome.

• Launch Google Chrome on your PC.
• Select Settings from the menu > On the Settings tab, select Downloads from the left pane.
• On the right pane, click Change behind Location.

• Select the folder where Google Chrome should keep your downloads. After that, select a folder.

Done! On a desktop, here is how to move the Chrome download folder.

Manually choose each file’s download folder

As stated previously, you may require Chrome to ask where to keep files before downloading. To have Chrome ask where to keep files before downloading, follow the methods given below.

• Launch Google Chrome on your PC.
• Once Chrome is opened, click on the three dots as seen below >  Select Settings from the menu.
• On the Settings tab, select Downloads from the left pane. Toggle the ‘Ask where to save each file before downloading‘ option on the right

Done! Before downloading a file, Google Chrome now asks for the download location.

This is how to move the Chrome Download folder on a desktop. I wish you well! Please forward it to your friends.