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How do I disable the dialogue that pops up when a download finishes?

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Whenever a file larger than a .jpg finishes downloading, a little box pops up in the corner of the screen that says "All downloads have completed." It's distracting. The download arrow in the corner already lets me know, *plus* the new download progress bar in the dock icon. I do not need three different things telling me when a download's done. Also, the box vanishes just quickly enough that I can never manage to get my mouse into position to right-click on it for any information about it. This box has only started popping up since updating to Firefox 22.0.

Whenever a file larger than a .jpg finishes downloading, a little box pops up in the corner of the screen that says "All downloads have completed." It's distracting. The download arrow in the corner already lets me know, *plus* the new download progress bar in the dock icon. I do not need three different things telling me when a download's done. Also, the box vanishes just quickly enough that I can never manage to get my mouse into position to right-click on it for any information about it. This box has only started popping up since updating to Firefox 22.0.

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This is managed using browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete in about:config.

Please see the help article below for how to hide this notification. You could also increase the time it is displayed if you wanted.

Hide or prolong Firefox’s Downloads Complete notification

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This is managed using browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete in about:config.

Please see the help article below for how to hide this notification. You could also increase the time it is displayed if you wanted.

Hide or prolong Firefox’s Downloads Complete notification

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That worked! Thanks very much.