index.md

---

title: downloads.showDefaultFolder()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/downloads/showDefaultFolder
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - downloads
  - showDefaultFolder
browser-compat: webextensions.api.downloads.showDefaultFolder

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

The showDefaultFolder() function of the {{WebExtAPIRef("downloads")}} API opens the default downloads folder in the platform's file manager.

Syntax

browser.downloads.showDefaultFolder();

Parameters

None.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Examples

The following snippet contains a show button, which when clicked invokes showDefaultFolder() to open the default downloads folder in the platform's file manager:

let showBtn = document.querySelector('.show');

showBtn.onclick = () => {
  browser.downloads.showDefaultFolder();
}

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.