Trim the list of entries in Safari's Downloads window

Oct 16, '03 05:59:00PM

Contributed by: hisbonenus

I have Safari set to remove downloads upon completion. Every so often, I'll start a download and cancel it right away, so I can just reload it when I have time. That's a good thing, but sometimes I'll click a download twice, or click on a bad link, and those entries are cluttering up my downloads!

So here's how I keep those downloads I want for future use while removing the dead/bad entries:

  1. Start downloading (click the Reload icon) every download that you want to keep.
  2. Hit the small "Clear" button at the bottom of the Downloads window.
  3. Click the Cancel icon next to all of the in-progress downloads.
Voila! Now I have a list with just the downloads I want to keep for future use.

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