Epic Games Store Download Manager

This feature grants you control over your downloads and updates on PC and Mac. You can:

Prioritize which game titles get updated first.

  1. From the library select 3 dots next to your game.
    Note: Alternatively you can do the same from the Download Manager if you recently updated your game.
  2. Select Manage.
  3. Toggle Priority Downloads.

Set download speed limits for fresh installs and updates.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select Download Settings.
  3. Under Download Speed select Limit download speeds

Configure if games can updated while playing.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select Download Settings.
  3. Under General, toggle Allow Installs during gameplay.

Schedule updating time.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select Download Settings.
  3. Under Automatic Updates select Schedule automatic updates.

Set notifications for completed downloads.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select Download Settings.
  3. Under General, toggle Notify me when an installation is complete.

Drag and drop reordering of priority when downloading multiple titles

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Under Overview click and hold on a title, then drag it to a higher or lower position in the list.

Easily change the default installation directory.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Select Download Settings.
  3. Under General select Change to update the Default Install Directory.

See improved information about the current download status.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Under Overview, you can see the current Active or recent downloads.

View a history of your downloads.

  1. Open the Download Manager from the bottom left corner.
  2. Under Overview you can see what was recently updated or downloaded in the past 14 days.
    Note: This information is also available under Recently Updated.