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Originally marketed as the “YouTube” for documents, Scribd began its operation as a way
for anyone to publish and host their documents and writing online. Born out of the need
for one of the site’s creators to host his father’s medical research without having to pay
for publication and wait over a year for the documents to be published, the site gained
notoriety in 2009 after signing a deal with several publications, including The New York
Times, Huf ngton Post, TechCrunch, and several other blogs and publications to host
their documents, as well as for their Scribd Store, which allowed users to sell digital
copies of their work online.
Since then, Scribd has morphed into an online subscription service, built to read millions
of eBooks, comics, and more online with a Net ix-like subscription service. Despite this
refocus on more mainstream titles and novels, Scribd is still used by millions of people
daily to host and share online documents using the platform built by the site itself. In the
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site’s documents section, you’ll nd historical papers, political documents, poll results,
and plenty of other information for use in your college assignments, term papers, or just
as a general document of interest. And while viewing these articles is free by itself, albeit
with some limitations on certain documents, downloading this information to your
computer is limited for often than not.
While you should avoid downloading and using others’ documents without paying for a
monthly Scribd decision, at the end of the day, certain users—students speci cally—may
nd it dif cult to pay for the research and other documents provided on the website.
Luckily, there are some ways around these restrictions. Though the three methods
outlined below are both occasionally hit or miss, they often can be used to bypass the
Scribd security and subscription measures, making it easy to view the documents
necessary for your next project or paper. Here’s what to do.
METHOD ONE: UPLOADING DOCUMENTS

First, it’s important to note that this is method one for a reason. Although we have three
methods on this list, this is the one that we’ve had the most luck with, and as of March
2019, it’s still the one that works reliably. However, it’s not perfect, so if this method ever
goes down, let us know in the comments and try our other two methods below.
Our rst method for downloading Scribd documents on the web today relies on
uploading a document of your own to a Scribd account, in order to gain access to the
document you want to download. We’ll be performing our test in Google Chrome,
though you should be able to accomplish this in any modern browser, including Firefox,
Safari, and Microsoft Edge. Start by heading over to Scribd.com
(https://www.scribd.com) and signing up for a new account. Alternatively, if you already
have an account with Scribd, you can use your existing account by logging in. Scribd
supports accounts with both Facebook and Google sign-ins, so starting a new account is
as easy as clicking a button and linking your account. Once you’ve signed in, nd the
document you want to download and copy the URL down to an outside source, like a
Google Keep note or Word document.
From here, you’ll want to click the “Download” option on the right side of your display.
This will automatically redirect you to a page designed to help you set up your Scribd
subscription, complete with a 30-day trial. Above this page, however, you’ll see an option
to upload les from your computer, with a button that reads “Select Files to Upload.”
Click this button and, on your computer, prepare any kind of document. If you have a
word processor installed on your computer, like Word or Apple Pages, you can use that to
create a short, meaningless document. Alternately, you can use Google Docs to create a
free document on your computer, and download it to your device. The document can
contain anything, including straight gibberish; we recommend using a Lorem Ipsum
generator (http://generator.lorem-ipsum.info/) if you’re having trouble guring out what
to write. When your document is uploaded, provide a title for the new le and hit “Save.”
Now, grab that URL we saved earlier in this process and paste it into the address bar at
the top of your web browser. A download button should load on your device, and you’ll be
able to save the Scribd document to your computer. However, we should mention that,
thanks to recent updates from Scribd, we ‘ve had some dif culties performing this
without rst editing the HTML code using the inspect button on your browser. It’s not a
perfect solution, but once you edit the HTML for the View button to lead to your device,
you can download an HTML version of the page, allowing you to take the document
of ine. If you have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro (check with your school or teacher), you
can convert the HTML document to a PDF.
METHOD TWO: USING THE PAGE SOURCE CODE

The second of two methods used for viewing Scribd documents, this involves using
Mozilla Firefox to view the page’s source code to gain access to the page’s info. As
mentioned above, we’ve experienced some hit or miss results with this method, but
since it only takes a couple minutes of your time to try, it’s worth trying anyway. You’ll
know this method has failed if you receive a message that announces an invalid key error.
Otherwise, let’s get going with your Scribd document. This was originally our top-
recommended way to download Scribd documents without paying for a membership,
but we’ve heard from enough users having dif culty with this process to demote it to a
backup method.
Start by navigating Firefox (we can’t suggest using Chrome, as Chrome generates a .swf
le that never manages to download) to the Scribd document you’re looking to save to
your computer. Though Scribd also carries full-length novels and other works of ction,
we recommend only using this for non ction documents and other sources for your
projects, papers, and research. Inside your document’s preview, right-click the document
and select “View Page Source” from the menu. This will open a new tab in your browser,
displaying the source information for your Scribd target.
In this new page, hit Ctrl+F to open the Find in Page UI in Firefox. In this eld, enter the
phrase “access_key,” and upon nding the result in the Scribd source code, highlight and
copy the code to your computer. It should be an alphanumerical code, and appear as
‘key-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.” Now head back to the original document page in your browser
and look at the URL in the top of the browser. This time, we’re looking for the document
ID number in the URL of your speci c page. Unlike the access key, the document ID is
listed in the URL, and consists of several numbers. The URL should appear as
“‘https://www.scribd.com/read/NUMBER/DOCUMENT TITLE.” We’ll be using the number
portion of that link in a moment.
Now, open up a new tab in Firefox. We’re going to create a new URL using the
information provided us by both the access key, the document ID number, and the
following partial URL: “http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?
document_id=NUMBER&access_key=key-ACCESS_KEY”. When you’ve pasted this URL
into your new tab, replace the number section with the document ID and the access key
area with the access key you grabbed earlier. Following this, you’ll have to wait a few
minutes for the page to load as your documents begins to download from the Scribd
servers. Once your document has nished loading, use the print option to print to PDF,
and your document will be saved to your computer.
If this method doesn’t work for you, and you receive some form of error message from
Scribd, retry using the rst method listed above. Users have reported to us that their
preferred method uses the document upload method listed above.
METHOD THREE: GREASEMONKEY SCRIPTS

For this next step, you’ll need to use one of multiple different Greasemonkey scripts to
download your document, in addition to using Firefox. This has been hit or miss with us
as well, especially as extensions and plugins age and Scribd continues to update their
site. Still, it’s worth mentioning if only for the sake of completion. The rst thing you’ll
need to make sure you have is Firefox. Greasemonkey is a Firefox-only extension, and
though Tampermonkey exists for Chrome, we’re going to need to use Firefox for this one.
Install Greasemonkey from the Firefox plugin store, and head over to this site
(https://frddl.github.io/scribd-bypasser/) to install the Scribd Greasemonkey extension.
There are actually several of these that exist online, and each may be worth trying until
you nd the correct one for you.
With your Greasemonkey script installed, you should be able to download Scribd
documents within your browser using the download key that appears on the top of the
page. That said, because Scribd is constantly changing their site, we can’t always
guarantee that you’ll be able to nd a script that works. In our tests, we found success
using the script here (https://frddl.github.io/scribd-bypasser/), along with some of the
scripts on GreasyFork (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/by-site/scribd.com), which also
include options to de-blur documents on Scribd.
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Unfortunately, the nature of Scribd means that these methods are far from perfect.
Scribd doesn’t want users to access their document collection for free, and therefore,
these methods are always up in the air for whether or not they’ll work. Typically, trying to
force Scribds hand will get you somewhere, from a full-blown document downloaded
from their servers to a saved and converted HTML document that can be used for PDF
les. As always, we update this article once every couple months with the newest
information we can, and our comment section is a great way to see who else is having
success downloading from Scribd. None of the methods performed here are by any
means perfect, but with enough time, energy, and effort, making progress within Scribd
to gain access to documents for your homework or studying isn’t too far away.
30 thoughts on “How To Download Scribd Documents For

Free”
REPLY Kurt
(HTTPS://WWW.TECHJUNKIE.COM/DOWNLOAD-SCRIBD-DOCUMENT-FREE/?
REPLYTOCOM=31595#RESPOND)
March 27, 2019 at 5:19 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-31595)
I have a subscription to scribd. I have also 5 Greaseonkey downloaders. How do I actually save a
document to my PC? (and not as a swf.)
REPLY kaiki
March 9, 2019 at 1:45 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-31068)
method 1 is still working..its great
REPLY Downloader
February 19, 2019 at 8:07 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
30613)
Method 1 still works on 19, Feb 2019. Thank you !
REPLY Bob Loblaw

February 16, 2019 at 5:09 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
30536)
First still works – Feb 19, 2019. Generated a Lorem Ipsum doc, saved it as html, opened it in Word, saved
as a .docx then uploaded it and downloaded the le I needed
REPLY Krong
December 10, 2018 at 5:02 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
29138)
Thank you so much! 1st Method works hehe
REPLY Tine
November 26, 2018 at 8:42 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
28943)
AS OF NOV 27, 2018

Method 1 still works.
REPLY larrybud
November 26, 2018 at 8:22 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
28942)
The lack of knowledge in this thread is amazing. Method 1: When you paste a link into your browser, it
doesn’t matter what page you’re currently on, or if you uploaded or anything, it’s a new web request to
download. So if the document is free to begin with, it will download. If it’s not free, it won’t download.
Nothing magical or “hackish” about it.

Jim
November 10, 2018 at 6:31 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-

28726)
10. 11. 2018 Method 1 still works
Emre
REPLY (HTTPS://WWW.TECHJUNKIE.COM/DOWNLOAD-SCRIBD-DOCUMENT-FREE/?
November 12, 2018 at 7:54 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-
free/#comment-28747)
Yes, still working and it’s the easiest method.

Thanks Jamie.
REPLY SC
October 18, 2018 at 4:30 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
26350)
Method 1 worked as of 18 Oct 2018. Thanks for the tip. Not sure why this is not publicised on Scribd itself
at the point of download
REPLY Willi Stoph

September 30, 2018 at 10:03 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
26187)
as of 2018-10-01 methode #1 still works, thankyou for sharing !
REPLY Dainty
September 29, 2018 at 4:53 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
26177)
Method 1 works like magic!! You are amazing. Thank you for this
REPLY tytechjunkie
26053)
Method 1 works for textbooks. They rearranged the format so now the upload link is at the bottom.
REPLY Danz
25981)
IT WORKS! Method 1 Works! Thanks!
EZ94

25975)
Hey, I found an easier way to do that.

Subscribe to scribd then go to the document you want to download.
Instead of clicking the blue download button, click on the print button which is just above (next to share
button).
They will tell you that you need to download it rst. Click on dowload and print. Choose between .pdf or
.txt aaaand that’s it LOL
hehe
October 25, 2018 at 10:39 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
26424)
😐 thanks… been struggling for like 20 minutes…
REPLY Bojan
25933)
Method 1 just worked for me. Thanks!
REPLY Bava Kattu

25931)
Thanks . method 1 worked as on 5th sep 2018
REPLY Pasta
July 29, 2018 at 9:10 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7650)
Thank you! Idk why the rst method even works but who cares, you’re an angel.
REPLY JR
July 24, 2018 at 8:21 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7616)
Thank you! Method 1 worked for me. (as of July 25, 2018) I uploaded a document to download a
document. “Eye for an eye” i guess?
Anon
Method 1 works in Firefox as of July 18th 2018
ahmed
August 2, 2018 at 9:25 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
7703)
pleas can any one help me to download this book. or send it to me ?

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REPLY Alfredo
Doesn’t work with books.. only with documents
REPLY Wim
July 6, 2018 at 9:14 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7427)
#1 worked without any effort at all, thanks mate!
REPLY Jack
June 18, 2018 at 11:22 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7290)
thanks so much, the rst two methods failed but the third one works well
REPLY Jorge Emanuel Neves Duarte de Almeida
June 15, 2018 at 5:51 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7262)
1st method worked for me thank you man
REPLY John
Methods works only if you want to download documents, not books with copyrights.
REPLY Lautaro
OH MY GOD rst one worked at rst try, didn’t get to try the second method but thank you A LOTTTTT
Popol
Dont need to put false comments. None methods above work anymore.
pcy
October 13, 2018 at 6:12 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-
26306)
Tell that to the investigation I just nished by using a source from Scribd.
I used the rst method since I have Chrome.
REPLY me
1st method worked -june 8, 2018- thnx man.
nicole
Method 1 works!
Ann
How do you do that with Method1? I tried differrents ways. Uploading a document before
searching for the document i want to download and conversely searching a document I want to
download then uploading a document. I used the method 1 longtime ago in 2008 ant it worked. it
is a simple method but now, there is no download button. i use latest versions of refox and
chrome and Java 64. and I am not new in using internet and computers.
Fahad
Though instructions for Method#1 is kinda vogue (as there’re some design changes to scribd), but it
does work as of June 2018.
Basically the KEY-POINT here is: You need to upload a document in order to download any
‘premium’ docs. Not sure, if this is a vulnerability of the site or a legitimate feature.
Ann
Method 1 doesnt work for me. Used Chrome. No download button after uploading. As for HTML
code using inspect button … I used inspect button but HTML code ??? chinese for me
REPLY jlie
I use refox and the url generated a swf, not a pdf. Its not working
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METHOD ONE: UPLOADING DOCUMENTS

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Method 1 still works on 19, Feb 2019. Thank you !

REPLY Bob Loblaw

Thank you so much! 1st Method works hehe

AS OF NOV 27, 2018

Nothing magical or “hackish” about it.

November 10, 2018 at 6:31 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-

10. 11. 2018 Method 1 still works

Yes, still working and it’s the easiest method.

REPLY Willi Stoph

as of 2018-10-01 methode #1 still works, thankyou for sharing !

IT WORKS! Method 1 Works! Thanks!

September 10, 2018 at 6:52 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-

Hey, I found an easier way to do that.

😐 thanks… been struggling for like 20 minutes…

Method 1 just worked for me. Thanks!

REPLY Bava Kattu

Thanks . method 1 worked as on 5th sep 2018

July 18, 2018 at 3:46 pm (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7539)

Method 1 works in Firefox as of July 18th 2018

pleas can any one help me to download this book. or send it to me ?

Doesn’t work with books.. only with documents

#1 worked without any effort at all, thanks mate!

1st method worked for me thank you man

June 8, 2018 at 8:44 am (https://www.techjunkie.com/download-scribd-document-free/#comment-7190)

1st method worked -june 8, 2018- thnx man.

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