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silverweb

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11. Whoa! That's weird!!

Reply to canetoad (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 05:27 PM

Jul 6

I've dumped Chrome and moved to Brave, which I'm finding I like better, anyway. Problem solved. Still using my Gmail address, but that's it.

Thanks to everyone who read & especially who responded!

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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