Sometime recently, after a computer update, I lost the download button in Safari. I am running Tahoe 26.0.1 and Safari 26.0.1. The download button does not appear in the "Customize Toolbar" window. The "Show Downloads" option in the View menu is grayed out. And yes, I have downloads set to be "Manually" removed from the list.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.0
The download icon in the toolbar (which is really the Show Downloads icon) only shows when you have downloaded something. The fact that the menu View > Show Downloads is grayed out confirms it.
Try to download something new to confirm.
The download icon in the toolbar (which is really the Show Downloads icon) only shows when you have downloaded something. The fact that the menu View > Show Downloads is grayed out confirms it.
Try to download something new to confirm.
Well now it's showing up. Closed the browser and re-opened it and tried yet another website and the icon showed up.
I have the same issue and downloading an item does not make the icon reappear. Unless you are looking and have the Downloads Folder showing in your Dock and it bounces, you have no indication that anything happened.
It disappeared for as long as I can remember in previous versions of Safari/macOS. (I'm currently on Safari 26.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.7.2.)
On my end, the icon shows up only for some types of downloads, it shows for instance when I download an application (outside the App Store). But it doesn't show if I download a PDF displayed in a Safari window/tab using the displayed toolbar (see below):
You’re right. Did it used to not disappear? It’s incredibly annoying to have to go find my downloads folder for anything that wasn’t immediately downloaded. Chrome does this much better.
Download button missing from Safari—and there's no way to add it.
