Clear Downloads

This extension clears and hides the download bar on download completion

What is Clear Downloads?

"Clear Downloads" is an efficient and handy Chrome extension designed to de-clutter your browser area by instantly clearing and hiding the download bar as soon as all ongoing downloads are completely fetched. Its clean functionality enhances the look of your browser and offers a neat and organized browsing experience.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.dicode.nl

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Users: 635 ▼ -10

Rating: 4.31 (16)

Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2015-01-09)

Creation date: 2015-01-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

downloads
browsingData

Size: 13.66K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 37499 ▼ 384

Other rankings

#26724 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 43

Other platforms

Clear Downloads (v1.1resigned1)

2.80

(5) 48

Clear Downloads Plugin (v0.0.5)

5.00

(1) 539

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Extension summary

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Clears the Downloads list on every download completion to force the download bar to disappear when all downloads are complete.

User reviews

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Pros

Clears the download bar after downloads complete
Simple and effective
Highly recommended by users

Cons

May cause Chrome to crash when used with other downloader extensions
Clears all downloads from the downloads page without an option to disable this
Sometimes gets corrupted and requires repair
Conflicts with extensions that process download history
Can reset the save location to default 'Downloads' folder instead of the last selected directory

Most mentioned

Automatically clears the download bar
Lacks an 'Open Download Folder' quick access
Needs an options menu for better control
Potential security concerns raised by antivirus software
Desired feature to be a default in Chrome

User reviews

One suggestion...the only useful thing in the download bar was a quick link to the download folder. Adding an 'Open Download Folder' option to your icon in the menu Extensions list would be very handy. Don't like the download bar but still need to quickly access the download folder. Otherwise, thanks...great Extension...have used it for ages..

Drew Blyth, 2024-02-14

Does the job perfectly and has been now for years.

Andy, 2019-04-19

Practical but has some issues. 1st, when you click its icon it should have its own menu with an On/Off switch since some people just don't need it on all the time. 2nd, for some reason it clears all downloads from the downloads page! This should be optional with another On/Off switch. 3rd, I would suggest that it also includes an optional "Download Complete" PopUp at the bottom of the Chrome window.