Wednesday, January 22, 2020

How to activate IDM in Google Chrome! Latest 2020


Download is one of the activities that many people would liked when surfing the internet. We can download various files ranging from pictures, videos, songs and so on. Well surely we all want a fast download process instead?

This is one of the common problems for the downloader. Where the download speed of transfer They get is very slow. Especially if the file size is large, it will certainly take a very long time to complete.

Therefore we are advised to use a software called Internet Download Manager. The IDM is an application made to stabilize the download process so that the data transfer speed is faster.

It can also be connected with a variety of browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. So when you click the "Download" button, the IDM will automatically take over the download task.

But apparently there are still many people who do not yet know how to activate this IDM in order to connect automatically with Google Chrome. Maybe you are also experiencing it, even though it has installed the IDM but it does not open while downloading the file.

How to install IDM in Google Chrome

If IDM does not want to start automatically when we do a download, it's because it hasn't fully integrated with Chrome you're using. Therefore, it could not detect any download process that started.

Well to solve this is very easy, we just need to install and activate the extension in Chrome. For those of you who have not years, please refer to the following tutorials:

1. First download and install the IDM application in advance.

2. After that, open the Chrome browser on your laptop or PC. Then click the three dots in the upper right corner and select More Tools. Then click on the Extensions menu.

3. Then open the Explorer and locate the folder where the IDM installs earlier. Please search the disk C:/Program Files/Internet Download Manager.

4. Find a file called IDMGCExt. CRX, if you've found Restore in Windows explore so that it looks a bit smaller so that it is stacked with Chrome.

5. Here you guys click and hold the IDMGCExt. crx file Earlier, then drag/drag it to the extension section that is in Chrome.

6. A notification will be shown to install IDM Integration Module. You just click Add Extension

7. Or, there is one more way to add the IDM extension to Chrome. Then just click Add to Chrome. Then it will appear notifications same as before, click Add Extension.

8. Well try you guys check on the Extension page, surely IDM Integration Module already installed. Also make sure it has been activated to perform the task.

9. That way, when you do the download task, the IDM will instantly detect it and take over the download process.

Advantages of Internet Download Manager

Many people like to use IDM not without reason. Rather, it is very useful to accelerate the download process. Here are some of the advantages owned by IDM:

  • Can stabilize data transfer speed/download.
  • It can make the download process fast complete.
  • Can schedule the download process automatically.
  • There is a resume feature to resume pending/failed downloads.
  • The downloaded File is virus free because it was scanned first.
  • Can download from YouTube or other streaming services directly.


How, easy to fly? That's how to activate IDM in Google Chrome. By using this IDM, the download process that you run will have a high data transfer speed so that it is quickly completed. For those who have criticism, suggestions or questions can comment below. Thanks.