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CloudWatcher

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14. Ah, sorry

Reply to silverweb (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:07 PM

Jul 6

Oops, I didn't realize that was a sceencap you had made. I was about to suggest it was a nasty ad that youtube offered up, but then noticed you said you were Youtube premium ... so no ads.

Based on other's suggestions, it does sound like maybe you'd clicked on some download playlist feature ... except if the number of files was changing (and not just decreasing), then maybe it's a bogus Chrome plugin. Idk, but good luck with Brave!

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YouTube downloading hundreds of files??!! [View all] silverweb Jul 5 OP

Sounds like you might be seeing "Smart downloads"..... walkingman Jul 5 #1

That's not it. silverweb Jul 5 #2

Have you tried another browser? Just to try and isolate if the problem is YouTube, browser, or the computer itself. walkingman Jul 5 #3

Oh, good idea! silverweb Jul 5 #4

Yup. It's the browser. silverweb Jul 5 #5

Welp, it didn't work. silverweb Jul 5 #6

Make sure you delete your cache, cookies, history in Chrome. Did you happen to add another extension walkingman Jul 5 #7

Your user profile canetoad Jul 5 #9

I'm OK with trying links canetoad Jul 5 #8

Whoa! That's weird!! silverweb Jul 6 #11

Good Idea canetoad Jul 6 #13

Imgur is not Youtube CloudWatcher Jul 6 #10

The imgur image was taken from a *screenshot* on YouTube. silverweb Jul 6 #12

Ah, sorry CloudWatcher Jul 6 #14