UPDATE NOTE: This guide, posted back in 2015, has been continuously updated and is
still 100% Working. By following various Scribd Downloader methods discussed in this
post, you can download any document from Scribd for free. If you want to download books
for free, refer to this guide: How to download books from Scribd.
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Method 1: By Scribd Uploading Method
Watch this Video Explaining Upload Method
Method 2: Download Scribd Documents using Web Browser
Steps to Convert Web Browser into Scribd Downloader
How I Downloaded 400 Pages long Blurred Document from Scribd using Web Browser
Method 3: Use Nice-Try Web Browser Extension/Add-On
Steps to Install Extension and Download Scribd Documents
Method 4: The Easiest way to Free Download Documents from Scribd
Method 4: Using Command Prompt or Terminal in Windows PC, Mac, and Linux
Machines
Method 5: Get up to 2-Month Scribd Subscription for Free
How to get 2-Month FREE Scribd Subscription
Method 6. Using Scribd Downloader
Everyone is aware of Scribd, the world’s largest digital library of all kinds of written books
as PDF mostly. Scribd consists of nearly 40 million documents posted by their users. On
Scribd, new and old authors publish or sell their work and readers can browse through the
pages and find the appropriate one for their needs.
It is essentially a paid service and hence even if it lets you view a certain amount of
documents for free, you can’t download them unless you upgrade to a paid membership.
With a small subscription fee, Scribd readers can view and read all such documents and
books from their favorite platforms like Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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But with a free Scribd membership, you can view only a limited number of documents in
Scribd’s database. You need a Scribd downloader in order to get the files you want for
free.
In this blog post, you are going to learn how to download unlimited files from Scribd for
free. You don’t even have to create an account with Scribd to download most of the
documents with these simple tricks explained below.
In this Scribd Downloader guide, you will learn following,
How to download Scribd Documents for free?
Download Documents and Books from Scribd without Account Login
Download Scribd Documents using Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer
How to get Free Scribd Subscription and Download Books and Audiobooks from
Scribd for FREE?
Multiple Methods to Download Documents from Scribd
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Method 1: By Scribd Uploading Method
We discovered a loophole in the Scribd website that allows any user to view or download
the documents from Scribd for free. No need to pay for the subscription. Follow these
instructions below to download or view a Scribd document file for free.
Step 1: Go to Scribd.com
Step 2: Search document or page you want to view or download without paying to Scribd
and copy the URL of that page
Step 3: Now login to Scribd account or simply sign up for a new account. Alternatively,
use the Facebook Login option
Step 4: After signing up, you will be asked for a subscription if you are not a monthly
subscription. Just skip it and get back to your account (important step)
Step 6: Now Upload any type of document. For eg: create a new text document and write
anything on it and upload it.
Step 7: Give a title and enter a description of the uploaded content (not required but if you
want, you can) and save it to continue.
Step 8: Now paste the URL you copied in Step 2 in the address bar for downloading that
document
Step 9: You will see a download button, just click on it and your download will start. You
can notice here that the Scribd document, once not downloading, getting downloaded easily
This is the easiest way that still works, most of the time (check comments). All you need to
do is create an account on Scribd to upload a file and then download the desired document
from the Scribd website for free.
Watch this Video Explaining Upload Method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgsNKS7VGVQ
Method 2: Download Scribd Documents using Web
Browser
This is one of the easiest and 100% working (verified) method to download Scribd
documents for free as of April 15, 2020. This method converts your regular web browser
into the Scribd downloader app. You can view blurred Scribd documents and also save
them as PDF.
This is done through an extension or add-on called Tampermonkey. Through this
extension, you can view and download any Scribd document or PDF files for free.
You don’t even have to log in using your Facebook account or Sign up for a new account or
buy a paid membership. Neither you need to upload any document to Scribd. It’s a simple,
plain and easiest way to get Scribd documents for free.
All you need is a web browser. It must be either one of these,
Google Chrome
Safari
UC Browser
Opera
Firefox
Prefer Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome web browser.
Steps to Convert Web Browser into Scribd Downloader
Following are the steps to convert web browsers into Scribd Downloader to download
documents and PDFS from the Scribd website.
Step 1: Download and install any supported web browser on your Windows, Mac, or Linux
PC from the list.
Step 2: Open Firefox browser and go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/?
application=firefox
Step 3: Search and install Tampermonkey add-on to your browser.
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Step 4: After adding the Tampermonkey add-on to the browser, click on the extension and
choose “Create a new script…“
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Step 5: Visit this link and copy the javascript code
Step 6: Paste the copied javascript code into Tampermonkey editor and press CTRL+S or
Command+S in Mac to save the script
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Step 7: Now, go to Scribd and open any document or PDF that you want to view or
download from Scribd
Step 8: The blurred Scribd document will now be visible now. To download, press
CTRL+P or Command+P and choose ‘Save as PDF‘
Alternatively, you can install this extension on Chrome bRowser and take a screenshot of
all unblurred Scribd document pages. After taking the screenshot, you can download and
save the file as a PDF document to view later. The process is explained below.
How I Downloaded 400 Pages long Blurred Document from Scribd using
Web Browser
This works! In my test, I opened https://www.scribd.com/document/267520124/QRG-ME-
pdf document. It’s blurred if you view without Tampermonkey setup.
After Tampermonkey setup, I was able to view the entire 400 page blurred PDF
