How to force download a file in chrome
8 Nov 2011 Don't know such setting, but you can Alt + Click on the link, as the Google Chrome Help says. 14 May 2015 So here's a simple snippet for when you want to force a download of a file (such as a However, if you want to force the file to download, by prompting a in Chrome, but in Safari & Firefox, it opens the file in a new window.