The sidebar
| Section | Shows |
|---|---|
| Library | All Downloads, Completed and Incomplete (paused, failed or still running). |
| File types | Downloads by kind: Documents, Compressed, Music, Video, Programs. |
| Your categories | One entry per category you made, in its color. |
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Sort the list
Click Sort in the toolbar: newest or oldest on top, largest or smallest on top, or by name (A–Z or Z–A).
Classic or modern list
In Settings → General → Download list:
- Classic: click to select, double-click to open, right-click for the menu.
- Modern: click the icon to select, click the name to open.
What you can do with a download
Right-click a download (or use the toolbar) for these actions:
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Open file / Open folder | Open the finished file, or the folder it’s in. |
| Pause / Resume | Stop and continue later. XDM picks up exactly where it left off. |
| Refresh link | Give a stalled download a fresh link from the web page, without starting over. See Refresh link. |
| Restart | Throw away what was downloaded and start the file again from zero. |
| Change folder… | Move a download, finished or not, to another folder. XDM checks the new folder has enough free space first. |
| Schedule | Start or stop it at a set time. See Schedule downloads. |
| Copy URL | Copy the download link. |
| Retry failed files | For a batch, download again only the files that failed. |
| Properties | See the details below. |
| Delete | Remove it from the list. Tick Delete files from disk to delete the file too. |
A download that’s being moved can’t be deleted until you cancel the move.
Properties
Properties shows a download’s file name, folder, size, date, type and status. It also shows where the file came from:
- URL: the download link.
- Web page: the page you downloaded it from, with Open in browser to go back to it.
- Referer and Request headers: what XDM sends to the server. Useful when a site needs a login cookie.
- Files (batches only): every file in the batch, and which ones failed.
From here you can also Verify checksum. See Verify checksum.
Duplicate downloads
If you start a file that’s already in your list, XDM asks first:
- This file is already in your download list means the same link.
- A download that looks like the same file is already in your list means the same file name and size, or the same file from the same server under a different link.
A finished download whose file you’ve deleted from disk doesn’t count as a duplicate.
Choose Resume existing to continue the one you have, or Download again for a second copy.
Clear old downloads
Click Clear in the toolbar to tidy the list:
- Tick which kinds to remove: Completed, Paused, Failed.
- Choose how old: any time, or more than a week, a month, 3 months, 6 months or a year ago.
- Tick Also delete completed files from disk only if you want the files gone too. XDM asks again before deleting them.
Downloads in progress are never cleared.
After a download finishes
The Download complete window opens the file or its folder. You can also drag the file from it straight into a folder to move it. To get a notification or nothing instead, see After-download actions.