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On desktop, utilize a program such as [https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/#windows IPFS Desktop]. This program allows you to download and pin files. Once you download the program you can click under the files tab on the left rail ''Import>From IPFS'' then paste the the CID (for example: QmXjBpQ2e4dx8RB5dLzQW5Wx8CNj2zpjzBt2pFEUt4y8Xw), it'll then show up in your files and by clicking the three dots and clicking download you will successfully save the file.

'''Don't be a leech!''' Because IPFS is decentralized, that means that redundancy is key, if you download a file, make sure to pin it, which you can do by pressing the three dots (...) and clicking "Set Pinning." This is the equivalent to [[Leecher_(computing)#P2P_networks|seeding a file on BitTorrent]].

'''Don't be a leech!''' Because IPFS is decentralized, that means that redundancy is key, if you download a file, make sure to pin it, which you can do by pressing the three dots (...) and clicking "Set Pinning." This is the equivalent to [[Wikipedia:Leecher_(computing)#P2P_networks|seeding a file on BitTorrent]].

You can also use ipfs.io (<nowiki>https://ipfs.io/ipfs/CID</nowiki>, replacing the CID with the actual CID) to download files and it works the same way, but remember to not be a leech and to contribute to keeping files available and decentralized.

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 On desktop, utilize a program such as [https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/#windows IPFS Desktop]. This program allows you to download and pin files. Once you download the program you can click under the files tab on the left rail ''Import>From IPFS'' then paste the the CID (for example: QmXjBpQ2e4dx8RB5dLzQW5Wx8CNj2zpjzBt2pFEUt4y8Xw), it'll then show up in your files and by clicking the three dots and clicking download you will successfully save the file.
-'''Don't be a leech!''' Because IPFS is decentralized, that means that redundancy is key, if you download a file, make sure to pin it, which you can do by pressing the three dots (...) and clicking "Set Pinning." This is the equivalent to [[Leecher_(computing)#P2P_networks|seeding a file on BitTorrent]].
+'''Don't be a leech!''' Because IPFS is decentralized, that means that redundancy is key, if you download a file, make sure to pin it, which you can do by pressing the three dots (...) and clicking "Set Pinning." This is the equivalent to [[Wikipedia:Leecher_(computing)#P2P_networks|seeding a file on BitTorrent]].
 You can also use ipfs.io (<nowiki>https://ipfs.io/ipfs/CID</nowiki>, replacing the CID with the actual CID) to download files and it works the same way, but remember to not be a leech and to contribute to keeping files available and decentralized.