---
title: "Downloads Overwrite Already Existing Files – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "20,000 users, rated 4.83 by 42 people. Version 1.0.0, updated 2021-10-08. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp"
---

# Downloads Overwrite Already Existing Files

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 20,000
- Rating: 4.83 from 42 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:46 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #3,974 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #1,320 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> All downloads overwrite existing files instead of adding ' (1)', ' (2)', etc. Includes fix to remember folders.

- Extension ID: `lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp`
- Developer: [Zach Adams](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u85c227716e03afcfef8489d144620ade)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2017-01-06
- Last updated: 2021-10-08
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Size: 7.86 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Website: `zach-adams.com`
- Support page: `https://github.com/zach-adams/downloads-overwrite-already-existing-files/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/downloads-overwrite-alrea/lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Flddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 20,000 | 4.83 | 42 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `downloads`: Manage your downloads

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Simple New Tab URL](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pkklffjkfmhpoiepobbldnadjflciinb) | 1,000 | 4.61 | 18 | Functionality & UI |

All 2 extensions by [Zach Adams](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u85c227716e03afcfef8489d144620ade).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 04:46 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Downloads Overwrite Already Existing Files” (lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp,
  title   = {Downloads Overwrite Already Existing Files (lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lddjgfpjnifpeondafidennlcfagekbp},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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