

Also if you enable "Automatically put in this category the files from the following sites only" checkbox, When adding a category, you may choose the file extensions to associate with the category,Īnd you may select the default download directory where to place the files of this category. Right clicking on a categories item will show a menu to allow you to add a new categories, or to edit or delete existing items. You may delete, edit them, or add your own categories. IDM has several predefined categories like Music, Video, Programs, Documents, etc. Every download category has a name, a default download directory and a list of associated file types. If you don't need it, you may simply close "Categories" panel and don't select any categories when downloading files. Internet Download Manager offers the categories feature to organize and manage your files. In the left side of the main part of the window is a tree of download categories. You can change the location to save file, add description, change URL or server login information (username and password). You can pick "Properties" item in pop-up menu to see/edit properties of the selected file. You can add/delete file from the queue by right clicking on file name and picking "Add to Queue" and "Delete from Queue" menu items.Īll main controls are also available in "Downloads" menu as well as in pop-up menu with the right mouse click on a downloads in the download list. "Q" column shows whether the file is in download queue. "Scheduler" button starts Scheduler dialog window where you can set timer to execute download tasks. "Delete Completed" button (available only in registered versions) deletes all complete downloads from the list. If file download is not complete, IDM will ask for the confirmation to delete it from the list. It's enabled only for complete or paused file downloads. "Delete" button deletes selected files from the download list. "Stop All" button stops all downloads in progress. You can also stop download by pushing "Cancel" button in File Download dialog or by closing the dialog. "Stop" button stops downloads for selected files. Note that "Resume" button restarts download from the last saved position only if remote server supports this function. You can always resume download at any time. You can press "Pause" button to postpone downloading, or "Cancel" to stop download and to close the dialog. The dialog also has a chart to display download progress for each downloaded file segment.

It also shows download progress, average download speed, estimated time to complete, current download state, whether resume is supported by the server, etc. The dialog let you get an additional control over the download. That will bring file IDM file download dialog. If you want to start downloading immediately, press on "Start/Resume" Download.

If you want to cancel the download, press on "Cancel" button. There are three buttons on the bottom of the dialog window. If URL format is valid, "Download File Info" dialog will appear where you can type file description and choose the path where the file is to be saved.Īlternatively you can add description later in "Download Properties" dialog. You can also specify login information if the server demands authorization by checking "Use authorization" box. You can either enter new URL in the text box or select URL from existing ones. You can add a new file to download with "Add URL" button. They can be in active or disabled state depending on what actions are possible for the current selection of downloads.Ĭlick on "Tell a Friend" button to tell your friends about Internet Download Manager! "Options", "Scheduler", "Start Queue", "Stop Queue", "Tell A Friend") are located above the list. You can sort the list by any column by clicking on a column header.ĭownload control buttons ( "Add URL", "Resume", "Stop", "Stop All", "Delete", "Delete Completed", This list includes additional information about downloaded files like file size, download status, estimated time to complete, current download speed and download description. The main window shows a list of downloaded files.
