Getting started: your first download

Five minutes, no sign-up and nothing else to install. This guide also covers the thing that puzzles most people first time round: where the file ends up.

1. Install

Add it from your browser store: Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons or addons.mozilla.org. No account to create and no details to hand over.

A tip: pin it to the toolbar (the puzzle-piece icon → pin). Buried in a menu, you will forget you have it.

2. Play and detect

Open the video page and press play for a few seconds. That step is not optional: detection works by watching what the player requests, so if the video has not started there is nothing to see.

Click the extension icon. What was detected appears, with its estimated size and — for a stream — the available qualities.

If nothing shows, reload the page with the extension already installed and press play again. The classic case is installing it with the tab already open.

3. Download and find the file

Pick a quality and download. The first time it asks where to save and points out that you can set this in Settings.

If you choose nothing, the file goes to your usual Downloads folder. In Settings → 📁 you can set a different folder per type: videos in one place, music in another, images somewhere else.

When a download finishes it offers Open file and Show in folder, which is the fastest way to settle any doubt.

Step by step

1. Install and pin the extensionFrom your browser store. Pin it to the toolbar so it stays visible.
2. Open the video and press playA few seconds: detection watches what the player requests.
3. Click the iconYou will see what was detected, with size and qualities.
4. Pick and downloadThe first time it asks where to keep it.

Frequently asked questions

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