# Download a file

From a copied link to an opened file in a minute or two.

## Steps

1. In your browser, right-click the link to the file and choose **Copy link**.
2. In GDM, click **Add URL** on the toolbar (or press **Ctrl+N**). The address is already filled in.
3. Click **OK**.
4. **Download File Info** shows the file's name, its size and where it will be saved. The folder depends on the file's type: a ZIP goes to `Downloads\Compressed`, a video to `Downloads\Video`, and so on. Change the folder or the category if you like.
5. Click **Start Download**.
6. The progress window shows the download: its speed, the time left, and what each connection is doing.
7. When it finishes, **Download complete** appears. Click **Open** to open the file, or **Open folder** to see it in Explorer.

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1. ![Enter new address to download with the copied address filled in](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/images/help/first-add-url.webp)
   *Add URL: the copied address is already there. Click OK.*
2. ![Download File Info with the file's name, size and folder](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/images/help/first-file-info.webp)
   *Check the folder, then Start Download.*
3. ![The progress window: speed, time left and each connection's share of the file](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/images/help/first-progress.webp)
   *The progress window shows it coming in.*
4. ![Download complete with Open and Open folder](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/images/help/first-complete.webp)
   *Done: Open the file, or Open folder.*

The download stays in the list under **Finished**. To get rid of the entry later, select it and press **Delete**; tick **Also delete the file from disk** only if you want the file gone too.

## If something goes differently

- **The address isn't filled in:** the clipboard didn't hold a web address. Paste it into **Address** yourself.
- **The video window opens instead:** the address is a video's page. See [Download a video from a page](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/guide-video-from-page.html).
- **GDM asks to create a folder:** the folder doesn't exist yet. Click **Yes**.
- **The download stops with an error:** see [Resume a broken download](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/guide-resume-broken-download.html).

## Next steps

- [Catch downloads from your browser →](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/guide-catch-browser-downloads.html)
- [All the ways to add a download →](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/adding-downloads.html)
- [The progress window in detail →](https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app/help/connections-and-speed.html)