Manage Download Tasks and URL Lists | Bulk Image Downloader

One task, one job

On the downloader side of Bulk Image Downloader From URL List — the options page — work is organized into tasks. Each task is a self-contained card: one URL list, its own download settings, and its own target folder. That structure is what lets you run several different download jobs without their settings bleeding into each other.

Think of a task as a single job. Product shots from one site go in one task with their own folder rules; reference images from another go in a second task with different settings. Keeping them separate is the whole reason tasks exist.

Creating tasks and adding URLs

Choose Create Task to add a new card. Inside it, the URL list is a simple textarea: paste your image URLs one per line. You can build the list by hand, or send images straight from the side panel scraper using Download Images Here, which drops your scraped URLs into a task without copy-paste.

Once URLs are in, the task footer keeps you informed: it shows the URL count and flags when duplicate URLs are present, so you are never guessing how big a job is or whether it is padded with repeats.

Cleaning up the URL list

Messy lists are normal, especially from scrapes. The task gives you a few one-click tools to tidy up before running:

Strip Duplicates — removes repeated URLs in one click, leaving a clean list and a lower count.
Download Duplicates — exports the duplicate URLs to review them rather than just discarding them.
Clear URLs — empties the textarea so you can start the list fresh.

The duplicate warning plus Strip Duplicates is the combination you will lean on most — spot the flag, strip the repeats, and watch the URL count drop to the real number of images.

Organizing tasks

As you add more tasks, order and reuse start to matter. A few task-level actions cover that:

Drag to reorder — grab a task card and move it to set the sequence tasks run in, unless Lock Drag is enabled to prevent accidental moves.
Duplicate Task — clones a task with all its settings, ideal when a new job is almost identical to an existing one.
Remove — delete a task you no longer need with the × control.
Download This Task Only — run just one task and skip the rest of the queue.

Duplicate Task is a real time-saver. When you have a task configured exactly how you like — folder rules, file types, naming — cloning it and swapping the URL list beats rebuilding from zero.

When to structure work into tasks

Use a single task for a single straightforward list. Split work into multiple tasks the moment different batches need different handling: separate folders, different file-type filters, or different sources you want kept apart. With reorder, duplicate, and per-task running, you control exactly what runs and in what order — so a big download stays organized instead of turning into one undifferentiated dump.