Choose where the browser saves your downloads

Microsoft Edge likes to rule us, the users. When you download files, for example, you cannot decide for yourself where they should end up. Edge automatically places them in a folder, and to find the appropriate folder you have to click on the download icon and when you close the browser this possibility disappears. This setting is used by most browsers, but if you want, you can restore the power.

You can change the setting so that you can choose where the file should end. Here's how it works in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, and many other browsers:

1. Open your browser as usual and click on the three-dot icon at the top right. Here you choose Settings.
2. In the left menu, click Downloads.
3. At the top, you can choose which folder should be the default location for your downloads. If you want, you can keep the automation but instead choose to save files to your desktop, for example.
4. If you want to show the Save As option, choose Activate the function Ask me what I want to do with each download (or something similar) using the slider on the right.
5. As you can see, there may also be other options, for example you can choose to open Word files directly in the browser (instead of downloading them) and you can show or remove the download menu.

No matter which method you choose to download files, there's an easy way to find them quickly. Click on the three dots at the top right and choose Downloads (or something like that). It is also often possible to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J. A list of everything you've downloaded will now open.