Free Download Manager for Windows

 'Free Download Manager' is a free to use alternative of the popular 'Internet Download Manager'

Image Source: Screenshot (freedownloadmanager.org)

Features:

  • It is easy to use, clean user-interface and automatically receives updates with improved features regularly.
  • It uses multiple simultaneous connections to download the content fast.
  • One can switch between light and dark themes in the settings menu.
  • There are options to schedule downloads and set download speeds 
  • Supports Windows, Mac, Android and Linux operating systems and all types of file formats.
  • Also available in multiple languages.
  • The best part is it remembers the last download location so one doesn't have to specify the same during every new download.

Where to download?

          Visit: https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/ and click on 'Download'
          Visit: Free Download Manager Extension and click 'Add to Chrome'

Image source: Screenshot (Google Chrome webstore)

Install and setup:

  • Double click on the downloaded file and click install.
  • You will be greeted by the following window:
Image source: Screenshot from my computer
  • Click on the '+' button to add a link and start downloading.
Image Source: Screenshot from my computer
  • Click on the 'Settings' menu in the top right corner.
Image source: Screenshot from my computer
  • Check for 'Browser Integration' and add more browsers if you want FDM to catch downloads from them. 

Image source: Screenshot from my phone
  • Leave the settings under 'Network' and 'Traffic Limits' tab unchanged.
  • There are options for 'Notifications' and 'Power Management' in the 'Advanced' Tab which can be modified as per requirements and available options.
Image source: Screenshot from my computer
  • The download progress of the file can be seen as below:
Image source: Screenshot from my computer

Note:

  1. Download/Upload speeds also depend on carrier/broadband internet connection speeds.

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