Change the download location.
Managing Downloads - Free up Your Device Storage
This is an important step to manage space on your device and keep your downloaded files in the place that makes the most sense for you. Regardless of whether you download these media on a smartphone, tablet, or computer, if you keep on-demand content you can always ensure your system is both efficient and clutter-free.
How To Change The Download Path
1. Default Locations: Many devices will automatically have a download folder that everything will be saved to unless otherwise modified. If you are a Windows user, files are saved in a "Downloads" folder within the user profile, while macOS users save files to a Downloads folder located in the user's home directory.
2. Changing Download Settings on Web Browsers:
Google Chrome:
Launch Chrome and go to setting
Go down to the place that says Advanced and click on it.
For Downloads – Change the Location Click Change and choose your new desired folder
Mozilla Firefox:
How to View Webpage Source CSS and HTML in Firefox. Open Firefox and go to Options.
Navigate to the 'Files and Applications' section in the General panel.
After that, it will ask you if you to download files to a particular folder (in which case it opens a new dialog to ask you where and proceed to download as it did on the last versions) or always ask where to save files.
Safari (macOS):
To get into the Safari Preferences you have to select it from the Safari prefernces menu.
Click on the 'General' tab, and you should find the 'File download location' option.
You will be able to chose always ask or a folder.
3. How to change Download Location on Smartphones:
Android:
Open your Files app and then tap on this hamburger menu to reach the settings
Find 'Download Path' or something similar, where you will be able to select another storage path/location of your downloads.
iOS Devices:
As common sense and intuition would suggest, iOS does not natively have somewhere in Settings where users can easily set a different download location. In general downloads will be in the Stock files app, download under 'Downloads'.
4. With File Management Software: Some third-party file management software will bring you a certain benefits, based on the word, always you can move the download locations with more control, especially in the case of desktop, you may get more functions and controls including automatic file sorting and even scheduled moving of files from a directory to another.
Why You Might Want to Customize Your Download Directories
Better Organization - By directing your files to specific folders, you are able to keep similar documents together, and streamline searches.
Better System Performance: a clean and pristine main storage area (such as your C: drive on Windows) will help maintain system performance.
Simple Backup and Transfer: Organised file means easy to back up and transfer files to other devices.
Learn More about Customising
For more reading material on how to best manage download settings, and exact step-by-step instructions for any application or system, check out 下載位置更改 This is an in-depth guide designed to help you to increase your file management knowledge and skills.
When you manage where your download files go, this ensures you will keep your computer storage in check and maintain a reliable, consistent digital workflow.