Firefox How To Manage Your

Learn how to manage your files and configure your download settings.

The timer changes back into an arrow when your download is complete.

The Downloads panel displays your three most recently downloaded files, along with its size, source and download time.

The Library window will open showing a list of your downloaded files.

Before beginning a download, Firefox will attempt to protect you from potentially malicious or unsafe downloads.

See the Mozilla blog posts, Enhancing Download Protection in Firefox and Improving Malware Detection in Firefox for more information.

The file name will be displayed along with the warning message.

Or, a download may not be malicious or unwanted but simply not commonly downloaded.

The file name will be displayed with one of these warning messages.

Click on the Downloads button (alternatively, click the Library.

Options will appear to the right of each file during each stage of the download.

When you want to continue downloading the file, right-click press Ctrl and click the file entry and select Resume.

This button turns into a refresh symbol; click it again to restart your download.

Click the folder icon to open the folder that contains that file.

Click the magnifying glass icon to show that file in the Finder.

To set the folder where your downloads go, see Change where downloads are saved, below.

Choose this option to visit the webpage where the file came from.

This will remove the entry from the list but will not delete the file itself.

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