Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar

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Mar 15, 202683970 views

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Having to hit the X to close out that bar over and over is such a pain. When a download completes, I want to have the bar clear itself and leave the bottom of the screen, similar to the way Download Statusbar for Firefox does. How do I do this?

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Fix for: Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar

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Easier keyboard shortcuts (Windows): Ctrl+J, Ctrl+W (open "Downloads" tab and close it, which happens to also close the download bar in the original tab). For Mac, use ⌘ (Cmd)+Shift+J.

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Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar

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Fix for: Google Chrome Auto-Close Download Bar

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