Best alternatives to My Downloads (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to My Downloads, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Chrome Downloads
Easily access and manage your chrome downloads. Open your downloads folder and organize google chrome downloads effortlessly
≈7K users4.0★ from 8 ratings3 permissions- About 14× fewer users than My Downloads
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Downloads
Conveniently clear your Downloads history
≈9K users4.2★ from 66 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 11× fewer users than My Downloads
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Downloads
Clear the downloads list of all completed downloads. Save images in downloads. Open downloads.
≈10K users4.5★ from 14 ratings6 permissions- About 10× fewer users than My Downloads
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
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Free Download Manager for Google Chrome™
Easily manage and accelerate your downloads up to 5 times!
≈40K users3.9★ from 224 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than My Downloads
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Free Download Manager
Free Download Manager integration with browser
≈3M users4.2★ from 4.8K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago14 permissions- About 30× more users than My Downloads
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Asks for more permissions (14 vs 5)
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Downloads Button
Quick Button to Chrome Downloads
≈3K users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- About 33× fewer users than My Downloads
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Download Manager
Easy to manage downloaded files
≈10K users4.5★ from 188 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago9 permissions- About 10× fewer users than My Downloads
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
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Downloads Router
Organize your downloads automatically! Set custom download locations based on filetype, filename, or source domain.
≈10K users4.1★ from 166 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than My Downloads
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Online Download Manager
Easily manage and accelerate your downloads up to 5 times!
≈20K users3.0★ from 65 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than My Downloads
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 5)
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File Downloader
Quickly get the downloads and nothing else.
≈2K users3.0★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 50× fewer users than My Downloads
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
My Downloads alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to My Downloads?
By users, the most popular alternative is Free Download Manager with ≈3M users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Chrome Downloads.
Which My Downloads alternative has the best rating?
Download Manager has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 188 ratings.
Is there a My Downloads alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Downloads Router asks for 2 permissions, against 5 for My Downloads.
How many alternatives to My Downloads are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to My Downloads on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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