This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

How do you change the default download location?

  • 2 tontu
  • 2 am na jafe-jafe bii
  • 9 views
  • i mujjee tontu mooy cor-el

more options

How do you change the default download location? I've already gone to the about:config and changed browser.download.folderlist to 2 and added browser.download.dir with the string value of my SD card, but this doesn't change the download location.

How do you change the default download location? I've already gone to the about:config and changed browser.download.folderlist to 2 and added browser.download.dir with the string value of my SD card, but this doesn't change the download location.

All Replies (2)

more options

Try in this Step by Step way


1. Create the Donwload Folder on the external SD card:

 /mnt/extSdCard/Download ( =  /storage/extSdCard/Download)

2. Type about:config in URL

Create the String value variable browser.download.dir and assign the value of the folder on step 1. It is very important to use the proper caps, so check your folder name and put it here correctly.

3. Modify the variable browser.download.foldelist and set it to 2.

Close Firefox and close it from background also.

more options

Note that the name of the pref is: