The ability to download music or games from the Internet has become a real panacea for boredom for many users. After all, you have to pay only for traffic, and in the end you get exactly the kind of entertainment you want. However, there are situations when during the download process you realize that the downloaded file is not needed at all.
Instructions
Step 1
If you use any Internet browser to download video or audio files, and during the download process you decide to cancel the download, right-click on the file and select Cancel. A message will appear on the screen asking if you're really going to cancel the download. Select “Yes” and the download will be interrupted.
Step 2
Over time, you may find that, in spite of stopping the download, an unnecessary audio or video file continues to download. To permanently stop the download, find the Downloads or Gears section in the Internet browser menu. Click on the subsection "Download Queue" and when the system gives you a list of all the files in the download queue, right-click on the extra file. In the list of functions that opens, click on "Delete", after which the download of the file will stop completely.
Step 3
Even after the download of the file has stopped, some of it may still be on the computer, especially if an installation program was downloaded from the Internet. In this case, it is necessary not only to interrupt the download, but to uninstall the program. The section "Uninstall programs" is located in the "Control Panel" - click on the main menu "Start" and select the necessary subsections. As soon as a list of all programs that are installed on your computer opens, select the extra file and click on the "Delete" command in the upper field of the window.
Step 4
In programs specially designed for downloading audio and video files, such as the Download Master or the mTorrent client, it is even easier to stop the download of a stream of information. Select the desired file with the left mouse button and click on the “Stop Download” icon, after which you can also delete the file by clicking on the icon of the same name.
