# Replacement for DownThemAll for Firefox? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054 "2018-12-13T13:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/1 "2018-12-13T13:36:14Z")
Firefox used to have a really handy app for downloading multiple files called DownThemAll. Unfortunately it no longer functions and there doesn’t seem to be a replacement so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas? I usually used it for downloading multiple PDF’s from a link on a website page. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/2 "2018-12-13T16:50:07Z")
Shit, that WAS a useful tool. Wonder why they sunset that one? Are there similar tools for other browsers, perhaps? Google Chrome seems to have plug-ins for everything … ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/3 "2018-12-13T17:35:16Z")
What I do, when I want to download hundreds of file without clicking individually, is use a _url2file_ utility, preparing the list of urls to get manually (using an editor with advanced features). Googling ‘url2file’ [this YouTube shows up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry0TA1HKejc). The way the guy in the YouTube does it is much more complicated than the way I do it, but he details an approach, and gives some other alternatives. When I do it, I do NOT get the browser’s cookies — that can cause trouble if, for example, you need to be logged-in to access those pages. I think there’s a way to point url2file at your browser’s cookie directory but I’ve never tried that. There’s also a _wget_ utility, but I’ve never used it. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/4 "2018-12-13T18:09:25Z")
There’s a Firefox stable offshoot called Pale Moon that still supports a shit ton of older FF extensions that no longer work in FF. I can still use my link previewer, Noia buttons and Colorful Tabs, which makes using my media computer a lot easier because I can see things on the browser from across the room on the big TV. Dunno if DownThemAll still works in Pale Moon but it’s a simple thing to install it and see. Unforch, Pale Moon doesn’t support web extensions or I’d use it for everything but I need my FB Purity if I’m going to use Facebook without getting stabby. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/5 "2018-12-13T23:42:20Z")
[Moderating] This would be a better fit for IMHO than GQ. Moving. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-downthemall-for-firefox/826054/6 "2018-12-14T21:10:52Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Shit, that WAS a useful tool. Wonder why they sunset that one? > > Are there similar tools for other browsers, perhaps? Google Chrome seems to have plug-ins for everything … Something to do with the updates to Firefox making it more effort than it was worth for the programmer. Thanks for the answers everyone!