# Download file instead of load

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-instead-of-load/135959
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 1, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-instead-of-load/135959 "2005-02-01T05:44:50Z")
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### Author: ![aeomantra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@aeomantra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aeomantra)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-file-instead-of-load/135959/1 "2005-02-01T05:44:50Z")

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does anyone know how to make a button download a file instead of loading it. getURL apparently will only automatically download a file if it is a .zip file. however the files i have up on my site are mp3s, and i do not want to zip them. any help would be great.