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# How to Allow or Disable File Downloads for Content

# How to Allow or Disable File Downloads for Content

**In this article:**
* Overview
* How to allow or disable downloads
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview

For file-based content that can be viewed in the browser — such as PDFs, documents, videos and images — you can choose whether your people are able to download or open the file directly, or whether they can only view it inside SuperPath. The **Allow Download** setting gives you that control, which is useful when you want people to engage with a resource but not keep their own copy.

## How to allow or disable downloads

1. Open the content item from your **Library** and open the **Edit content** panel (the pencil icon on the right-hand toolbar).
2. Find the **Allow Download** setting.
3. Turn the toggle on so **Users can download or access this file directly**, or off so **Download is disabled for users**.
4. Click **Save changes** to save.

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> **Note:** The **Allow Download** setting only appears for file content that can be viewed inline — for example PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files, videos, images and audio.

## Things to keep in mind

* When download is disabled, the direct download and open-file links are hidden from learners, so they view the file within SuperPath instead.
* The setting is only shown for inline-viewable file types. It does not appear for links, SCORM packages or other content that is not a downloadable file.

## FAQs

**Which file types show the Allow Download option?**
Inline-viewable files such as PDF, DOC/DOCX, PPT/PPTX, MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM, OGG and image formats, as well as audio content.

**Does disabling download stop people viewing the content?**
No. It only removes the direct download and open-file links — people can still view the file inside SuperPath.

## Who can do this

**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can edit Library content and its download setting. **People Managers**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users cannot — they have read-only access to content.