How to turn off self-extracting files on macOS Safari

On macOS, Safari has the ability to automatically extract files after downloading. Unlike Windows computers, users have to do this manually, but on macOS Safari browser you don't need to do it yourself.

However, this situation is sometimes not really necessary in case you download the file and want to send the file, rather than extracting it for use. If you want to turn off self-extracting files on macOS Safari, readers refer to the article below.

Step 1:

First of all, start Safari and click Safari in the menu bar at the top of the screen, then select Preferences. Or users can press the ⌘ key to quickly open Preferences.

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Step 2:

Next, users click on the General tab and then go to the bottom of this dialog box interface and uncheck the box at the Open 'safe' files after downloading section . Thus the automatic file decompression feature on Safari has been disabled after downloading.

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However, users should keep in mind when turning this feature off, Safari will not automatically open images, files, audio, video and other file types to download. But if you want to open the file, you just need to click the Download box on Safari to open the file quickly.

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A very simple operation when you want to turn off the ability to automatically extract data of macOS Safari after downloading. If you want to restore this automatic mode, you do the above operation and click again on Open 'safe' files after downloading.

I wish you all success!