How to Stop Firefox Download Pop-ups

Firefox is one of the most commonly used web browsers today.

Mozilla Firefox is a free Internet browser in version 4.0, as of March 2011. The browser offers a good interface for navigating the Web, and its functionality and compatibility is on par with other major browsers, including Internet Explorer and Chrome. If you start a new download in Firefox, you may see a pop-up window asking for your preferred location of the downloaded file, or you may see the "Downloads" window with a list of all current and past downloads. If you prefer, you can easily disable these pop-ups in a few steps.

Instructions

1. Open Firefox if it's not open already.

2. Click the "Tools" menu at the top of the screen and select "Options."

3. Select the "General" section if it's not selected already.

4. Deselect the "Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" option beneath the "Downloads" heading.

5. Select the "Save files to" option if you want Firefox to skip the request for the location of a download. You can then click the "Browse" button and specify the folder for all downloads, and Firefox will no longer prompt you for a location when you initialize a download.

6. Click "OK" in the "Options" window.

Tips & Warnings

• Another option you may prefer is to allow Firefox to open the "Downloads" window so you can view the download progress, but then automatically close the window once all downloads complete. You can set this option up by checking the box by "Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" and then checking the box below it for "Close it when all downloads are finished."