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How do I tell Firefox to directly download files to my SD card instead of my phone?

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reX9six
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I need my files to be downloaded directly to my SD card because I'm running low on memory.

I need my files to be downloaded directly to my SD card because I'm running low on memory.

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Ballison
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Hey there,

The only way to change the download directory in Firefox for Android is by altering the about:config page. Follow these steps to do it:

1. Navigate to about:config by typing it in your address bar.

2. Search for and change the value of browser.download.folderlist to 2.

3. Click the plus in the top-left corner of the about:config page to create a new preference. On the right side, change the type to a String; it most likely defaulted to Boolean. Enter the following information for each field:

Name: browser.download.dir Enter a String: This is the file path that you want Firefox to download to. For example, this might be /sdcard/firefox-downloads/

4. Hit create. Now attempt a download and see if it downloads to this folder.