Firefox download locations how to#

The next time you save a picture from a website, or download a file from the internet, Firefox will follow the options you just configured note that this is a 'persistent setting', which Mozilla Firefox will remember from session to session (no need to reset your default download location whenever you restart Firefox, in other words). Click on the ' OK' button to apply your new download settings, and return to Firefox.

If you want to retain some control over where downloaded files are saved, on a case-by-case basis, you should instead choose the ' Always ask me where to save files' option: Firefox will 'remember' where it last downloaded a file or saved an image, so you should rarely need to change the download folder.If you want to make Firefox save files you download (automatically, and always) in the same folder, click on the ' Save files to' radio button, and optionally pick a default download folder by clicking on the ' Browse' button, and choosing a particular location on your computer, as shown on the screenshot below:.

Firefox download locations how to#

The second group of options, labeled ' Downloads', allows you to customize the default download behavior Firefox uses (the previous tutorial explained how to hide the download confirmation window, for example).

Make sure that the ' General' tab is selected in the Options / Preferences dialog.

First, launch Firefox once in the browser, go to Tools and choose ' Options' (Windows and Linux - on Mac, click on the Firefox menu and choose ' Preferences'). You set options such as file locations and visibility of the download window from the Tools > Options dialog, on the Main tab.

This is how you customize your Firefox default download folder: Change where Firefox saves downloaded files on your computer