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How To Download Scribd Documents For Free

Posted by Jamie on March 27, 2019

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, Huffington 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 Netflix-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 site’s documents section, you’ll find 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 specifically—may find it difficult 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.

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METHOD ONE: UPLOADING DOCUMENTS

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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 first 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 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, find the
document you want to download and copy the URL down to an outside source, like a Google Keep note
or Word document.