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The files will download to the default Downloads folder on your local system unless you have changed the Microsoft Edge downloads location. Now moving forward, Microsoft Edge will download the PDF files you click online instead of opening them. Now on the next screen toggle on the “Always open PDF files externally” button. Then from the list on the right scroll down and click on PDF documents. Next, under the Settings section on the left-hand side click on Cookies and site permissions. To get started launch Edge and click the Settings and More (three dots) button in the upper right-hand corner and click on Settings. If you want a different option, another thing you can do is make Edge download PDF files instead of opening them when you click a PDF link online. That's it.But that doesn’t stop Edge from opening PDFs if you click a link online. From now on, this location will be used by default to store downloaded files in Microsoft Edge. When you click the link "Open folder", the folder you set in the Registry will be opened. Now open Edge, click the "Hub" icon (the first icon after the address bar) and switch to the Downloads pane. In the screenshot below, I am using C:\downloads\edge as the new path: Set its value data to the full path of the desired folder which you want to be used by the Edge browser as the default download location.

Create here a new string value and name it Default Download Directory.

Tip: See how to jump to the desired Registry key with one click.

Go to the following Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\Main.

To change the default download folder only for Microsoft Edge, you need to apply a very simple Registry tweak.

Refer to this article:Ĭhange the default Downloads location in Edge with Anniversary Update

In Windows 10 Anniversary Update Microsoft has added a native option to set the default download folder only for Microsoft Edge. AdvertisementIf you are running Windows 10 build 14316 or above, you can avoid Registry editing.