µTorrent Help: Selecting Files To Download In µTorrent

Introduction

This guide will explain how to select in µTorrent which files to download within a torrent's associated content.

There are two sections in the guide, one for selecting before adding the torrent and the other for deselecting after the torrent has been added to µTorrent.  If you want to always have this option, then you will use the before loading section.  If you only want to do this occassionally, you should view the after loading section.

Selecting Files to Download Before Loading Torrent in µTorrent

Enabling the Option

The option to select files before adding to µTorrent, is on the Add New Torrent Screen.  The option to show this screen is located at Options>Preferences>UI Settings as shown in image below.

Enable the option by putting a check in the appropriate box and press OK.  Note the last part of that option refers to "advanced mode".

Setting Advanced Mode

In the far right hand side of the toolbar is the toggle option between advanced and basic mode.

For the option above to work, the display must be in Advanced mode.  This is how the toggle and the torrent display will look in advanced mode. 

This is how the toggle and torrent display will look in basic mode.

The display must be in Advanced mode in order for the Add New Torrent window to show.

Using The Add New Torrent Screen

After you have set the mode to Advanced the Add New Torrent window will display.  This window may display minimized at first.  If it does, you need to press the arrow in the lower left hand corner to expand as shown in image below.

After pressing the arrow, the full Add New Torrent screen will display and you will see the option to deselect files.

You may deselect the files you do not want by unticking the box next to the file.  When done Press OK.

Selecting Files to Download After Loading Torrent in µTorrent

If you only want to deselect files on occassion, then using the above will create unnecessary steps when you add a torrent.  You can deselect files within a torrent's associated content after adding the torrent to µTorrent as follows.

Highlight the torrent whose files you wish to deselect.  Best to Pause or Stop the torrent before deselecting files.

After that, go to the Files tab on the bottom part of the µTorrent screen.  Highlight the file(s) you do not wish to download, then right-click on a selected file and select Don't Download

Conclusion

Using the above steps, you will now be able to select which files you wish to download through µTorrent.

If you have any questions, please post here or in our Forum.

You may also wish to check out the other guides for µTorrent here at Gizmo's Freeware:

• Optimizing µTorrent For Speed - a guide to setting µTorrent up for best download speeds
• Additional µTorrent Settings - useful information on various µTorrent options
• Using µTorrent Search - adding sites to and using µTorrent's built in torrent search