JDownloader2 Guide

Backup & Restore

1. Get backup file: JDownloader2 Backup
2. In JD2: File > Backup > Restore Settings > select backup
3. Restart application

Remove Bloatware

1. Once JDownloader is installed, open it and go to Settings -> Advanced Settings (the icon with a warning sign).
2. In the Filters Settings, search for the following values and disable them by clicking on the check-mark button:

• premium alert
• oboom
• Special Deals
• Donate
• Banner (set to "Hidden UserMode")
• Donate Button

Performance Optimization

• Settings > Speed Limit > Set to "No Limit"
• Settings > User Interface > Window Decoration > None
• Advanced Settings:
  • Disable: GraphicalUserInterfaceSettings.speedmeterenabled
  • Disable: Log.Loglevel
• Settings > Addons > Uncheck unused addons

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4. Dark Theme Options

Option A: Material Darker Theme

1. If you are a git user, you can install the theme and keep up to date by cloning the repo:

git clone https://github.com/moktavizen/material-darker-jdownloader/

2. In your JDownloader, go to Settings > Settings > Advanced Settings, search for look and feel theme and change the value to FLATLAF_DARK

• Follow the pop-up instruction to download the theme

3. See Your installation-directory in Help > About JDownloader Click me / Mouse over , then copy:

File/Folder	Installation path
images	/themes/standard/org/jdownloader
laf	/cfg
flatlaf.jar	/libs/laf

(Choose replace or merge for any conflicts)

4. Restart JDownloader or press Ctrl + Shift + R

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Option B: Manual Dark Mode

1. First we go to the Settings tab, scroll down on the left side-bar and click on Advanced Settings, this is where we'll be working.
2. On the search bar type "theme" (without the " "s), and change the value to BLACK_EYE.
3. JD2 will prompt you to download and install the theme package, click Ok, and install. If it's doesn't automatically, close and reopen JDownloader.
4. When you open it again, JD will look all messed up, this is normal and we will fix it in the following steps:

• In the Advanced Settings search bar, type "color back".
• Change all the whites and light blues to dark grey or black.
• Do not change the red and yellow, only change the whites and light blues.
• You might want to make the first 3 values a bit lighter shade of dark grey for functionality.
• Go to the RGB tab and copy-paste the "222222" color code.
• Alternatively, you can change the "Value", "Darkness" or "Black" values in the HSV, HSL or CMYK tabs respectively to adjust how dark you want your dark mode.
• The "Color For Table Alternate Row Background" seems to bug out for some reason and not take the "222222" color code, to fix this, set it to some other color first, and then change it to dark grey or black.

5. Back on Advanced Settings, search "color fore", and change all the blacks and whites to white.

• Again, do not change the red, and blues, only the whites and blacks.
• Some values are set to white by default, but I like to set them manually anyway to make sure they will display properly.

6. Finally search "color text", and change all the colors to white.

• Only the "Config Label Disabled Text Color" goes grey.

7. Restart JDownloader and your dark theme should be all set up.
8. Every time JD updates, the color settings will be back to default, and it will look messed up, simply close and reopen JD again, and the colors should be back to normal.

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