How To: Change Default Download Location for Microsoft Edge
40How To: Change Default Download Location for Microsoft Edge.
How to Change Default Download Location of Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
Microsoft Edge, as the default web browser in Windows 10, has the advantages of the simple interface, fast running speed, etc., but it still has imperfections, one of which is that it’s not so easy to change the download location.
By default, Microsoft Edge and other web browsers’ default download directory in Windows 10 is C:\Users\YourUserName\Downloads. However, the C drive is the location where your operating system is installed. Too many files saved on the C drive may make the system run slow, and even crash. Hence, you may need to change your web browser’s default download location to another disk drive instead of C drive. But unluckily, it seems not so easy to change download location in Microsoft Edge browser. Now in this post, I will show you how to change the default download location of Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, by the following two ways.
Both Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge are configured to download files to the user's download folder by default.
The location does not change across devices, so that Windows users know where to look when it comes to locating downloaded files on Windows machines.
While convenient, the downloads folder may not always be the best location for downloads. This can be the case if the main partition of the computer is rather small size-wise. If you ever tried to download a Windows ISO image or another file that is at least several Gigabytes in size, you know that space can be an issue in these cases.
You may change the save location for downloads both in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. The options to do so are somewhat hidden though, hence this tutorial.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).