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Everyone is aware of  Scribd, which is the world’s largest digital library of all kinds of
written books as PDF mostly. Scribd consists of nearly 40 million documents posted
by their users. On Scribd, New and old authors publish or sell their works and readers
can browse through the pages and nd the appropriate one for their needs. It is
essentially a paid service and hence even if it lets you view a certain amount of
documents for Free, you can’t download them unless you upgrade to a paid
membership. With a small subscription rate, Scribd readers can view and read all such
documents from their favorite platforms like Android, iOS, and Windows.

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With the free membership, you can view a limited number of documents in Scribd’s
database. You need a Scribd downloader in order to get the les you want for free. In
this blog post, you are going to learn how to download unlimited les from Scribd for
free. You don’t even have to create an account with Scribd to download most of the
documents with this simple trick explained here.

Table of Contents 
1. Download or view PDF and DOC les from  Scribd :
1. Method 1. By Uploading Method :
2. Watch this Video Explaining Upload Method
3. Method 2. Using Greasemonkey script to download Scribd Documents and Files :
4. Method 3.Easiest way to download documents from Scribd
5. Share this:

Download or view PDF and DOC files from  Scribd :

Method 1. By Uploading Method :

We discovered a loophole in Scribd database which allows any user to view or

download the les for free, without t even paying for the Subscription pack. Follow the
instructions below to download or view a le for free.

#Step1:  Go to Scribd.com

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#Step2: Search document or page you want to view or download without paying to

Scribd and copy the URL of that page.

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Sign Up or Login To Scribd Account Using Facebook.

#Step3:   Now login to Scribd account or simply sign up for a new account.
Alternatively, use the Facebook Login option.

#Step4:   After the signing up you will be asked for subscriptions if you are not a
monthly subscription. Just Skip it and get back to your account (important step).

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Upload Any Document to Scribd your Account Upload Any Document to Scribd Account

#Step6: Now Upload any type of document. For eg: create a new text document and
write anything on it and upload.

#Step7: Give titles and description of the uploaded content (not required but if you
want to, you can) and Save it to continue.

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Write le info about the Document you are Uploading to Scribd

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#Step8: Now paste the URL you copied in #Step 2 in the address bar for downloading
that document.

#Step9: You will see a download button, just click on it and your download will
start. You can notice here that the le once not download getting download easily.

This is it. It is the simplest way that works most of the time. All you need to do is
create an account to upload a le and then try to download the desired document.

Watch this Video Explaining Upload Method

Method 2. Using Greasemonkey script to download Scribd Documents and Files :

This is another method that will let you download desired documents and les from
Scribd for free. You don’t even have to log in using your Facebook account or Sign up
for a new account or buy a paid membership, nor upload any document to Scribd. You
just need Mozilla Firefox Web Browser for this task.

1. Go to this link and download the Firefox Web Browser.

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2. Then add Greasemonkey add-on or Tampermonkey ( works on Google

Chrome/Safari/UC Browser/Opera and Firefox) to your browser. Click download
and it will install automatically.
3. Now download this user-script
4. and install it within Greasemonkey.
5. Finally, Go to any document you want to download from Scribd and click on
download. This custom script will automatically bypass Scribd’s payment page
and give you the option to download your document.

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This works

Method 3.Easiest way to download documents from Scribd

1) Go to scribd.com, search for the document you want and open it.  2) Right-click
anywhere on the page and click view page source.

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3) Search for access_key, once you nd it copy it to someplace. See the image above
for an example of what the key looks like.

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scribd downloader – Techposts

4) Get the document id of the documents that you want to download using this free
Scribd downloader. See the image below for an example of what the document ID
looks like.

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5) Replace access_key and document id in this URL

http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?
document_id=108992419&access_key=key-13davbcdewnewn9m5w02

And paste the modi ed URL into a new browser window.

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6) Let the document load. Once it is completely loaded, click on the print button and
then save as pdf.

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7) That’s it! The document will be downloaded as a pdf le to your computer. There are
a couple of more Scribd downloader methods using which you can download from
Scribd without paying them money.

Now that you know how to download les from Scribd for free, So go ahead and
download whatever documents you like.
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LEAVE A REPLY

Jody
October 8, 2017 at 7:05 pm
When I try to install your script in greasemonkey, I get an error message…..

Line: 9
Char: 1
Error: ‘Location’ is unde ned
Code: 800A1391

Can you help?

Giguna
October 13, 2017 at 8:32 pm
Method 1 worked for me. Thanks)

Mike
October 15, 2017 at 3:24 pm
How do I install script on greasemonkey? Can somebody explain it to me, thanks!

Joshua Castillo
October 18, 2017 at 6:24 am
Worked for me me too! Very helpful Thank you so much. More power!!!

Anonymous
October 20, 2017 at 8:04 pm
method 3 doesn’t work.It downloads a swf le for me which doesn’t work

usimple
October 24, 2017 at 2:13 am
thx so much.
it’s working

Anuj Kumar
October 31, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Thanks Bro its Working

Hailemariam
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November 1, 2017 at 7:26 am
tried method 3. I downleaded the refox, installed greasemonkey, and the user script. but, when i loaded
the scribd document and clicked on download, it said “invalid document format”. can you help please.
what could be missing?

ryan
November 4, 2017 at 11:33 pm
thanks a lot

Oosman
November 22, 2017 at 3:32 pm
Hey, what do you use for the “What’s your reaction?” thingy?

Darien
December 2, 2017 at 8:11 am
Method 1 works ne for me. Thank you for sharing this great idea

Alessia
December 20, 2017 at 3:42 pm
Method 3 didn’t work. I followed all the steps, but when I enter the url, it downloads a .swf le. Help
please!

ram
December 28, 2017 at 12:11 pm
Super man. got it

Calaeth
December 29, 2017 at 1:52 am
Same problem with the 3rd method, it downloads a swf le.

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