How do I allow multiple downloads in Chrome on Android?

Last reviewed: October 7, 2026 · Markdown version

In Chrome for Android the switch is a site permission called Automatic downloads. Google describes it in one sentence: "Sites might automatically download related files together to save you time." You can allow it for the one site that needs it, or change it for every site. Allowing one site is the safer choice, and the steps for both are below.

Allow it for one site

Google's steps for a single site: "On your Android device, open Chrome", "Go to a site", then "To the left of the address bar, tap View site information Permissions", "Tap the permission you want to update", and "To change a setting, select it." The same section notes that "The site will use the permissions you set instead of the default settings", and that "To delete the site’s settings, tap Reset permissions" (Change site settings permissions, Chrome Help, Android, read 7 October 2026). Reset is the step to remember once the batch is done.

Or change it for every site

From the same page: "At the top right, tap More Settings", "Under "Advanced," tap Site settings", then "Tap the permission you want to update" — here, Automatic downloads (the Change site settings permissions page above). A blanket allow lets any page you visit save several files at once without asking you, so we would only use it briefly.

What the page does not tell you

Google's Android page names the permission and gives the paths, and stops there. It does not say what the default is, what the prompt looks like when a site tries to save a second file, or how many files a site may save in one go; it is silent on all three (the Change site settings permissions page above). The computer version of the same article carries the identical one-line description and nothing more (Change site settings permissions, Chrome Help, Computer, read 7 October 2026). If a second file seems to vanish, check the permission first before assuming the site is broken.

Blocked is different from not allowed

A file can also be stopped for safety rather than by the permission. Google: "Chrome automatically blocks dangerous downloads", and a blocked entry is temporary in the list — "If you take no action, Chrome will remove it from your history in one hour." Its reasons include files from connections that are not secure: "Even if the page that you were on when the download started was secure, the download might have been provided insecurely" (Google Chrome blocks some downloads, Android, read 7 October 2026). Changing Automatic downloads does not override that check.

Finding the batch afterwards

Each file "will be saved in your default download location". In Chrome's own list — "At the top right, tap More Downloads", or swipe up on a bottom address bar — you can act on several at once: "To delete more than one file, touch and hold the files you want to delete, then tap Delete", and sharing works the same way (Download a file, Chrome Help, Android, read 7 October 2026). The folder behind that default is Download.

If Adinand Auto File Sorter is watching Download

Download is the folder it watches by default, and a burst of files arriving at once is exactly what it is careful with. A file that is still arriving is left alone: partial-download extensions such as .crdownload, empty files, and anything modified in the last 30 seconds are skipped, and picked up on a later sort once they are complete. Sorting by hand with Sort Now is free; background sorting is a Pro feature that runs on the interval you choose, though Android or the phone maker can delay it.