I have researched one since I have the same problem as you. Read the reviews first many look pretty dicey. There are many options available. Tuesday, November 23, Android Fix. Android Tips. App Updates. Annoyed by such behavior? Find ways to stop it. When a user clicks on a link say a YouTube short link in Chrome, they expect the browser to open YouTube website directly. But Chrome automatically redirects them to the YouTube app. Are you facing the same issue?
Here are 3 ways to get Chrome to open websites rather than open the app. Instant Apps is a feature of Android phones that lets you use apps without installing one.
The same feature comes into play when you tap on a link in Chrome. Instead of opening the website, an instant app or the actual app installed on your phone will open. To stop that behavior and let Chrome open websites instead, you need to disable the Instant apps feature on your Android phone. There are various methods to do so. We have covered them all. Check out which one lets you disable Instant apps. In this method, you have to look for the Default apps setting. You can use the phone's search to find it if the following steps do not help.
Step 1: Open Settings on your phone. Go to Apps, Installed apps, or Application Manager, depending on the option available. Step 2: On some phones, you will directly find Default apps when you tap on Apps. You can use any mobile browser available on Android, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Opera.
Find the file you want to download on your Android. It could be a document, link, or any type of file. Start your file download. Tap the download button on a web page, or tap and hold a link and select Download link on the pop-up menu.
You will see a download icon on the status bar in the upper-left corner of your screen. Swipe down from the top of your screen. This will open your Notification Center in a drop-down panel. Your file download will appear at the top of your notifications. Tap the Pause button. This button is located below the name of the file you're downloading. It will pause your download until you decide to resume. You can resume the download anytime by pressing Resume. Tap the Cancel button. This button is located next to Pause below the name of the file you're downloading.
It will stop and cancel your file download. The download box will disappear from Notification Center. Method 2. Open the Play Store on your Android. The Play Store icon looks like a colored arrowhead icon on your Apps menu. Find and tap the app you want to download. You can browse menu categories, or use the search bar at the top to quickly find an app. Act quick before the download finishes—otherwise, it will open automatically and hide the download shelf.
And voila! Chrome should no longer open the file type automatically after downloading. If it still does, simply restart the browser, and you should be good. Just remember that you have to repeat the process for any other file types that you want to prevent Chrome from launching automatically.
If you want to stop Chrome from launching multiple file types automatically, you may not have the time or the patience to change your preferences via the download shelf repeatedly.
In that case, you can clear your auto-open download preferences via the browser's Settings panel. Just keep in mind that you cannot selectively remove file types from auto-launching; all files will stop opening automatically once you go through the steps below.
Step 1: Open the Chrome menu click the icon with three dots to the upper-right corner of the window , and then click Settings. Step 3: Under the Downloads group, click Clear next to 'Open certain file types automatically after downloading.
That's it. No file type should open automatically once they've finished downloading from here on out. Rather than configuring Chrome to prevent a certain file type from launching automatically or resetting the browser's auto-open download preferences, you can simply use Guest mode to bypass the download settings.
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