diff --git a/src/UI/UIDesktop.js b/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
index cab94d9d..c2db78d7 100644
--- a/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
+++ b/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
@@ -817,7 +817,6 @@ async function UIDesktop(options){
//-------------------------------------------
if(!is_embedded && !window.is_fullpage_mode){
refresh_item_container(el_desktop, {fadeInItems: true})
- window.launch_download_from_url();
}
// -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/UI/UIWindowConfirmDownload.js b/src/UI/UIWindowConfirmDownload.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b9605ad2..00000000
--- a/src/UI/UIWindowConfirmDownload.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Puter Technologies Inc.
- *
- * This file is part of Puter.
- *
- * Puter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see .
- */
-
-import UIWindow from './UIWindow.js'
-
-// todo do this using uid rather than item_path, since item_path is way mroe expensive on the DB
-async function UIWindowConfirmDownload(options){
- return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
- let h = '';
- h += `