How to stop files from automatically opening after download

 · You can either reconfigure the browser to stop it from launching a certain file type, clear all auto-open download preferences, or use Guest mode to Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.  · Stop Downloads from Opening. To stop a download from opening automatically in Google Chrome, Brave, Firefox or Microsoft Edge visit the browsers’ “Settings” area by clicking on the three vertical dots at the top right corner of your browsers window. Using the search bar at the top of the Settings page, search for “open certain” which will display the “Open certain file types automatically Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.  · Download the file that is opening automatically. Upon downloading the file, in the downloads tray on the bottom the file will show up to display its progress. click on the up arrow " ^ " a pop-up menu will appear, Click on the checked option for always open files of this type and this will uncheck that option.

On Chrome I was able to turn it off by going to advanced settings and there was a box that said I had chosen to have some files automatically open after downloading. I disabled this and now it does not open them. Hope this helps. Casey. Files kept being automatically downloaded to a default location, after asking me a location for the first file only. Found a solution today. For me, disabling the setting "Open certain file types automatically after downloading", solved the issue. There seems to be some bug in this particular feature, it should not affect the downloading. The problem is just about the Edge Chromium download settings. 1. Download a file. 2. Right click on the file in the download bar below and select "Always open files of this type". 3. Close the download bar or just close the entire Edge browser. 4. Re-download a file with the same extension.

1. Download a file. 2. Right click on the file in the download bar below and select "Always open files of this type". 3. Close the download bar or just close the entire Edge browser. 4. Re-download a file with the same extension. 5. You will see the file is opened as soon as download finished, and I can't find any option to turn it off. On Chrome I was able to turn it off by going to advanced settings and there was a box that said I had chosen to have some files automatically open after downloading. I disabled this and now it does not open them. Hope this helps. Casey. Download the file that is opening automatically. Upon downloading the file, in the downloads tray on the bottom the file will show up to display its progress. click on the up arrow " ^ " a pop-up menu will appear, Click on the checked option for always open files of this type and this will uncheck that option.