1 How To Stop Chrome From Blocking Downloads2 How To Make Chrome Not Block Automatic Downloads3 Extra: How to Disable the Pop-up Blocker in Chrome4 Extra: How to Save an Entire Webpage with Google Chrome
How Google Chrome blocks downloads First, though, let’s talk a little about the situations where Google Chrome blocks downloads and why you might want to listen to its warnings. There are actually a few reasons your browser may block a download, and not all of them are 100% accurate. The most black and white block is when Chrome sees a file that has previously been identified as malware. The second-most is when it has previously identified the website you’re downloading it from as suspicious. However, Chrome may also block downloads if it can’t identify the file type, the executable is not signed with a certificate, you’re downloading multiple files at once, or a file type is being served over an insecure, HTTP connection despite being on a HTTPS site. Unfortunately, Chrome makes it difficult to discern for which reason it has blocked your download. However, if you are sure it’s safe, we’ll be showing you how to stop Chrome blocking downloads either individually or when you try to download multiple files at once. Let’s get started:
How To Stop Chrome From Blocking Downloads
How To Make Chrome Not Block Automatic Downloads
Extra: How to Disable the Pop-up Blocker in Chrome
With that, you should have a good idea of how to stop Chrome from blocking most downloads. However, you may want to make a few more tweaks to your browser to better suit a power user. You can, for example, disable Chrome’s built-in pop-up blocker if it’s blocking legitimate pop-ups.
If you want to turn this blocking feature off, though, you can. Just follow the steps below:
Extra: How to Save an Entire Webpage with Google Chrome
If you’re looking to do some offline viewing, you can save a web page in Chrome as a HTML file. When you save from Chrome using this method, you can choose to keep just the basic text to keep the file size low or download additional assets like pictures.
