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Susanna • 2020-01-29

‘How to download Scribd documents for free?’ is a question frequently asked

by readers. You probably have tried to download a Scribd file, but after you
press the download button, it hops to another page and ask you to ‘Get
Unlimited Downloads with a Free Scribd Trial’. I believe that’s not what the
readers want. In the following, we introduce two simple ways to free
download from Scribd without having to start the free trial.

Say something here:

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Scribd offers some free documents that users can download them
directly for free.

For some documents, the uploader has disabled the download options.
If you try to download, it will prompt ‘This document is not available for
download’. On the detail page, there is NO download button at all. You
can click this link to know how to download this kind of files for free:
How to Download Scribd Documents without Download Option?

The third is what we will talk about next: How to free download those
documents that were originally only available after you subscribed or in
your free trial period.

Many methods that worked a few years ago are now failing. But this one is
still feasible. It is an official hidden feature. When you have previewed a
document that requires a subscription for full access, Scribd will prompt you
to upload your documents. Yeah, that’s it. You upload a file to Scribd and
then Scribd will allow you to free download other documents. Very simple.
We will guide you step by step on how to do it.

Please be careful not to upload unauthorized written works. You can upload a
personal presentation, research paper, legal document, etc. A more
convenient way is to create a file and type a few words in it for upload.

Step 1. Sign In to Scribd

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Go to Scribd and sign in with your account. If you are new to Scribd, please
sign up with your Facebook, Google, or Email.

Step 2. Click on “Upload”

You can see an Upload icon in the upper right corner of the web page, which
is for uploading files to Scribd. Click on it.

Step 3. Upload a Document to Scribd

You need to prepare a local file before uploading it. Scribd supports file types

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in TXT, PDF, PPT, DOC, DOCX, XLS, and more. The simplest is – create a new
.txt file, open the file and type in some text. Next, click on “Select Documents
To Upload” on Scribd’s page.

Things to Note:

The document that you use to upload cannot be a blank document, you
must type something in it.

After writing the required description in the box, you can directly click
on “Done”. The file will be uploaded to Scribd.

Step 4. Free Download Any Files on Scribd

Now you can click on a wanted document and press the “Download Now”
button. If you have already opened the page, you must refresh the page

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before pressing the button.

Most Scribd documents provide PDF or TXT downloads, some also offer PPT
and DOCX downloads. Click on Download and the document will be saved to
your computer.

Deleting your uploaded files in Scribd does not affect free downloads of
Scribd documents.

The benefit of downloading Scribd documents this way is convenience. Just

need to copy the document link and paste in the Scribd downloader, you
don’t even need to log in to Scribd, but its disadvantage is not stable

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enough.

After trying, there are two websites can successfully crack Scribd documents
for free download.

1. DocDownloader

This is an easy to use Scribd downloader. Copy the link of the Scribd
document, paste the link in DocDownloader and click on GET LINK. After
redirecting and waiting for more than ten seconds, you can download the file
to your computer.

2. ScrDownloader.com

ScrDownloader is similar to the one above. Unfortunately, after I successfully

downloaded a Scribd document, this site prompts ‘Sorry, our service are
offline right now. Please try again later.’ It can be a supplementary option.

If you think this guide is useful, don’t forget to share. It really does help.

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Ruby • 4 months ago

hello thank you for your article, can i know any website i can use to
download file from the course hero ? i really need it ;) thank you in
advance.
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Susanna Mod Ruby • 4 months ago

Sorry but the answer might be no :(. Like my case – I've tried
https://github.com/gregcw11..., git clone project from GitHub,
and have installed the Chrome extension, but it doesn't work
for me. I have also tried https://docsdownloader.com/..., it
also doesn't work.
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Mercedes Castro Evans • 5 months ago

Thanks for your article. Has this worked for you with documents
with "book" type (in the URL) instead of a "document" type? I can't
make any of these work when it's a book. Thanks :)
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Susanna Mod Mercedes Castro Evans

• 5 months ago • edited
I couldn't find any PC tool or online downloader to get its
eBooks for free, what I only found is this guy posted on
Quora in 2019 said that he could get normal PDF from
Scribd eBook on Android (by changing its file extension).
You could try his way if you have an Android. If it works, it
works.
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