

This one works with the latest version of Chrome. Chrome has undergone quite a design change and it’s likely that during the process, the old extension broke. The reason is likely that Chrome disabled the API the extension used to hide it. To clear them weekly, the number gets bigger, 604800.Ī while back, there was a more popular extension for hiding the downloads bar but it has since disappeared from the Chrome web store. Unfortunately, you can only specify the time in seconds so if you want the downloads to clear after every 24 hours, you’re going to have to enter 86,400. This might be too often but you can change it. By default, the extension clears downloads every ten seconds.

If you want the extension to also clear your downloads, you should enable the ‘Clear downloads every few seconds’ option and specify how often the downloads are cleared. The download will start normally, and you will still see the green progress indicator on the Chrome taskbar icon. The next time you download a file, you will no longer see the downloads bar. To hide the Downloads bar, enable the ‘Disable download shelf option’. To stop the extension from clearing downloads, uncheck the ‘Clear downloads every few seconds’ option. If you don’t want the Downloads list to be cleared, you should change its setting first. This extension can do two things it can clear your Downloads list, and it can hide the Downloads bar. Select ‘Always allowed’ under ‘Internet Download Manager plugin.In order to disable the Downloads bar in Chrome, you need to install the Always Clear Downloads extension. That will fix the issue.įor more detailed steps, read: How to Install IDM Integration Extension in Google Chrome Manually Fixing IDM is not showing Download this video Panel in ChromeĢ. Visit chrome://extensions page by clicking on menu > More tools > ExtensionsĢ. Drag and drop IDMGCExt.crx from IDM directory onto Chrome extensions page for installing.Īnd confirm IDM extension is enabled after installation. Ensure you’re using the latest IDM version, and Google Chrome & Advanced browser integration are checked in General preferences of IDM.ġ.

Update May 21, 2017: Since Chrome Plugins page has been removed, the below instructions won’t be useful. If the download panel is not appearing when the videos are playing in Chrome and you’ve not turned it off in IDM Settings, then here is what you need to do for it to visible again. Whenever you play a video on YouTube, IDM shows a ‘Download this video’ button – this is called download panel-you can click on it to download the video to your computer.
