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Download Controls

Easily control your torrent from the TorBox web UI.

Updated over 2 months ago

You may need to need to do some simple controls on your download, in case, you ever wanted to do some simple controls on your download. The menu bar can be interacted with after clicking on the download you want to control. It will pop down with a menu bar which allows you some simple controls.

Download

Available for torrents, Usenet downloads and web downloads.

This one is pretty simple. Once your download has the Download Ready badge (label in green), you can then download the download to your device, stream the download, or save it in the cloud. This will only be clickable if your torrent is ready for download. This will also be disabled if your download is inactive.

Share

Available for torrents only.

For torrents, you are able to share it with others using a simple link. This link only allows someone else to quickly add it to their own TorBox. This is not a direct download link.

Reannounce

Available for torrents only.

Sometimes torrents get a bad hoard of seeds or peers. To "refresh" these seeds or peers for the chance of getting better speeds or visibility, you can reannounce the torrent. Sometimes, this may do wonders for your torrent, or it may do nothing. Won't do much unless you actually need it. If for some reason, your torrent is showing up with 0 seeds or 0 peers, maybe try hitting this button.

Delete

Available for torrents, Usenet downloads and web downloads.

Deletes the download instantly. Deletes it from the database permanently as well from the downloading client. It also deletes all of the files as well, meaning you won't be able to download the files any longer. This will also remove the download from your Dashboard.

Stop Seeding

Available for torrents only.

Stops seeding a torrent. If you want to stop seeding a torrent, but want to keep it on your dashboard and on your account, simply click this.

Extra Tools

But wait, that's not all! If you right click, or hold tap (on mobile devices), you can bring up a context menu with even more options! Under said context menu, there will be all of the above controls, depending on its status and type of download. These tools are mostly for debugging, if support asks for information about a download, you may want to send them this information.

Copy ID

The ID of the download. Only useful for API use or for support cases.

Copy Hash

The hash of the download. Useful for sharing torrents, or for support cases.

Copy Magnet

Allows you to copy the magnet link of the torrent. Useful for archival or sharing purposes.

Copy Full Magnet

Only available on active torrents. Attempts to get the full magnet, with trackers included.

Copy Short Magnet

Only available on active torrents. This is the same as the Copy Magnet tool above, but only shows on active torrents. Meant to be a fallback for the Copy Full Magnet tool.

Export .torrent

This will attempt to download the .torrent file to your device. This is useful if you prefer torrent files over magnets.

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