- By:
- https://james-coyle.dev
- Users:
- 30,000
- Rating:
- 4.11 (85)
- Version:
- 4.1.3 Last updated: 2024-03-14
- Creation date:
- 2017-09-12
- Risk:
- Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- downloads
- downloads.open
- downloads.shelf
- storage
- sidePanel
- downloads
- Size:
- 40.87K
- Email:
- ch*****@james-coyle.dev
- URLs:
- Website
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 2 days ago
Ranking
User reviews
Pros
- Clean and user-friendly interface with good design.
- Provides convenient access to downloads with customizable notifications.
- Supports dark mode option.
- Works well as a replacement or enhancement over default browser download management.
- Lightweight and simple to use for essential download management tasks.
Cons
- Red badge count and download history sometimes do not clear properly, causing persistent misleading notifications.
- Causes Chrome to freeze or lock up, especially with many downloads or on startup.
- Lacks essential features such as 'Clear all downloads' button and keyboard shortcuts for opening sidebar or clearing downloads.
- Cannot open downloaded files directly from notifications, only open folder or delete file.
- Some UI elements (text size and icons) are too small or delayed, reducing usability.
Recent reviews
It's okay. It did it's job much like how I'm used to on other browsers like Firefox. It has the best UI out of all the others I've seen. But even after clearing downloads history, it still shows the numbers in red on the icon corner (for errors), and the tab list still has the history...both of which does not go away. So I have no idea why it still wants to remember that info when my browser itself doesn't after clearing it. I see no other way to clear the history or get rid of the red numbers on the icons, so I had to uninstall and keep looking for an alternative download manager.
by
G *****, 2025-06-06
Chrome keeps on freezing since I've installed this. Clearly I'm not the only one this is happening to. Good idea, unusable under its current state.
by
Ac*****, 2025-05-24
Freezes chrome on start-up if you have many downloads. It also freezes chrome sometimes while the browser is running.
by
ma*****, 2025-02-17
Extension safety
Risk impact
Download Manager requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- Medium Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
Risk likelihood
Download Manager has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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