How to Resume a Failed Chrome Download from Right Where it Failed

Chrome Downloader might be trustworthy, but when it comes to failed download you can’t do anything but to start from beginning. It is good if you are downloading small files as they are not much of a pain to start from the beginning but large files can be quite frustrating. This is why people tend to go for other download manager which can resume the failed download from where you left off. But the problem is, these download managers try to make you install tons of other things while installation and not to mention all the malware and other security threats which arise with these managers use. We are here to help you with this matter with some simple steps you can now resume chrome download right where it failed! But you will need to have Firefox installed in order to do this.

The best part is, it will not only resume failed downloads, but also the one that failed as you closed chrome or PC hanged or anything. All failed and canceled downloads will easily be resumed by following these simple steps.

Go to Chrome Downloads

Go to Chrome downloads folder from menu or by pressing Ctrl+J and there find the failed download file which you like to resume. Open the folder where it was being downloaded and see its name, it should be a file with CRDOWNLOAD extension. For this tutorial we will call it This_File.crdownload. While you are in chrome download folder also copy the link of the failed download.

Start the Download in Firefox

Now go to Firefox and paste link there to download. As the download Right-Click on the download progress and choose the pause option to pause the download.

Look for Firefox paused Download

Go to the location where Firefox was downloading the file and see its name, it might be saving with some other name in contrast to chrome. Let’s say it is saving with name This File.part, just copy the name of the file, therefore ‘This File’.

Rename the Failed Download

Now rename the failed download which you located in 1st step with the copied name and change the extension name from CRDOWNLOAD to PART. Therefore, change name from This_File.crdownload to This File.part. The windows will prompt that this can lead to corrupt file but don’t worry just do it.

Replace Firefox file

Now copy the renamed file and go to the location where the Firefox download file is located. Delete that file and copy the renamed file there.

Resume Download

Now go to Firefox and resume the download which you paused before. Firefox will resume the download from where chrome failed to download.

What actually happens?

When Chrome fails to download something, it doesn’t actually delete the file. Whatever is downloaded remains there in the download folder, but chrome cannot resume it at it doesn’t support this feature. On the other hand, Firefox can easily do that if proper file name and extension is provided. When you replace the file name with the one in Firefox it will start resuming the same file which chrome couldn’t resume.