Activate the Settings link at the top right.

Select the three-dots menu at the bottom to open the quick menu.

Microsoft Edge users may turn off the feature in the browser's Settings. Disable Microsoft Edge's downloadable files check

Multiple files can be downloaded, but Edge displays a confirmation prompt before the actual download of the selected file begins. Edge does not provide any context, which can be problematic if the file names do not offer context either. Microsoft Edge lists the available downloads and users may activate the download buttons next to files to start the downloads. There is a chance that other file types, such as Microsoft Office documents, may also trigger the 'hey, this page has downloads' notification, but this has not been tested. In fact, it only triggered on sites that offered PDF files as download. on the Windows 11 download page, nor on third-party download pages. The notification did not show up on Microsoft's own website, e.g. A quick test on several sites with downloads revealed that support is limited at this point.Įdge did not show its downloadable files notification on traditional download sites such as Majorgeeks or Softonic. Microsoft offers no explanation and there is no support link that provides context. While that may sound convenient to some users and Microsoft, others may be annoyed by it or may be persuaded by it to download files from Internet sites that they would not have downloaded otherwise. In other words: Edge checks any website that gets opened by its engine for downloadable files to inform the user about them. What makes this problematic is that Microsoft decided to enable it by default. The feature appears to be implemented in Edge Canary for Android only at this point in time.

The notification, Found downloadable files on this webpage, informs the user when Edge discovered one or multiple files for download on the site.

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