How can I remove IDM from Google Chrome?

This tutorial will assist you How to disable Internet Download Manager on Google Chrome or re-enable the native download manager of Google Chrome or other web browsers?

• What Is Internet Download Manager AKA IDM?
• Why Would One Want To Disable IDM On Google Chrome Or Other Web Browsers?
• Tell Me Ways To Disable IDM On Google Chrome Or Other Web Browsers?
• How To Uninstall IDM Completely On Windows 7/10/11/8?
• Watch Video Tutorial
• How To Disable IDM On Google Chrome And Other Web Browsers?
• Final Words

What Is Internet Download Manager AKA IDM?

Windows users are no doubt fortunate to have the Internet Download Manageras a magic wand. Using this third-party download manager is similar to using a magic wand.

It works way much better than the native download manager of modern web browsers.

Internet Download Manager is best known for its ability to accelerate download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads.

There is a lot of value in this piece of software. But If you have a pirated copy, it becomes annoying.

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Why Would One Want To Disable IDM On Google Chrome Or Other Web Browsers?

Other disadvantages of an unregistered copy of IDM aside, Your web browser fails to download any type of content.

Whenever you try to download via the built-in download manager of Google Chrome or other web browsers, Internet Download Manager does not let your web browser begin the download and an annoying Window pops up saying register IDM.

Tell Me Ways To Disable IDM On Google Chrome Or Other Web Browsers?

There are two ways to re-enable the built-in download manager. Either completely uninstall Internet Download Manager or remove the Internet Download Manager extension from Google Chrome or any other web browsers.

How To Uninstall IDM Completely On Windows 7/10/11/8?

Follow tutorial for complete IDM removal. How To Uninstall IDM Completely ?

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How To Disable IDM On Google Chrome And Other Web Browsers?

To disable or remove the Internet Download Manager extension, You need to go into Manage Extensions. Click on the three dots next to the profile section.

Hover your mouse over More Tools and click on Extensions.

Find the IDM extension and remove or disable it.

After disabling or Internet Download Manager extension removal, The native download manager should work.

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Final Words

We hope You find this quick tutorial informative and useful and You have managed to fix this error.

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Internet Download Manager (shortly IDM) is a popular file download manager application that can download files in faster and convenient way. IDM also has deep browser integration feature which works quit well. That means when you start to download a file on your browser, IDM can automatically grab the target URL of the file and instantly offer you to download it with IDM.  It’s helpful as the built-in downloader of most browsers doesn’t comes with extra functionality and acceleration. Even you may have noticed that in-house download manager of browsers doesn’t download a file as fast as third party download managers do. And IDM is no exception. Rather, in total functionality, I have found IDM outperform than any other download manager. With IDM integration, you can even get direct download links for web videos. Hopefully IDM downloader integration works for all major browser Chrome, Firefox, Internet explorer and Opera.

IDM uses several techniques like browser plugins/extensions, services to integrate into browsers to monitor file downloads and forward them to itself. You will even get notification of installing browser plugin when you install IDM for first time. IDM does it automatically. However, in some cases you may need to disable IDM for one or all of your browsers. IDM has option for that and you can selectively disable IDM integration for one or some of the browsers.

Note: You can prevent IDM from capturing your download in real-time by pressing Alt button on your keyboard while clicking on the download link. This is a great solution which doesn’t require you remove IDM integration.

Guide to Disable IDM Integration on your Browser

1. Click on IDM system try icon to quickly open it. Click on Options icon from toolbar.
   
   
2. Under General Tab, you will have the options to remove integration for specific browsers or completely disable it.
   
   
3. You can also use File types tab to disable download for specific types of files.

Note: Some users think that removing IDM Extension or plugin from browser or disabling IDM auto startup would be a solution. But it’s not true. Internet Download Manager may prompt file download dialog at most situations if browser integration is turned on.

However, if you want to remove IDM extension from your browser, here are ways:

Remove IDM Plugin/Extension from Browsers

• Chrome: Go to chrome://extensions/ and look for Internet Integration Module. Disable or Remove it. And go to chrome://plugins/ and look for Internet Download Manager Plugin, disable it.
• Firefox: Head to Menu > Add-ons > Extensions tab. Look for IDM CC.
• IE: Tools icon > Manage add-ons > look for IDM integration extension and disable it.

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Author: Jaber Al Nahian

Jaber is a Programmer and Tech Enthusiast Geek from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is the founder and Chief-Editor of TechGainer. While he is away from his keyboard, either he's fishing or messing with wildlife. In case, you can contact him at rijans[at]techgainer[dot]com.