Introduction

Baidu Netdisk's speed throttling has always been a headache. As a student, I really can't afford to renew that expensive plan: 30 yuan per month, over 260 yuan per year, and I don't use it much. Yesterday I downloaded a 6 GB software package and it throttled to 100 KB/s, which was really painful. Then I found a method to obtain direct links. Personally tested on campus network with 100 Mbps broadband, it could reach up to 8 MB/s.

What You Need

• Microsoft Edge browser
• IDM (there are many cracked versions available online)
• Tampermonkey Installation method: Detailed tutorial on how to install Tampermonkey in Edge
• Baidu Netdisk Easy Download Plugin Download link: Baidu Netdisk Easy Download Helper (Direct Link Download Revival Edition) download link

How to convert Edge plugins to Chrome plugins, I recommend reading a post by WeiSay titled Chrome browser installing Edge extensions

Getting Started

1: First install the Tampermonkey extension; the installation method is posted above.

2: Then in Edge open the Baidu Netdisk Easy Download Helper URL shown above, install the plugin. Then enable the direct-link plugin.

3: Download IDM; if you don't have IDM, there are many versions available on the WuAi Forum. Of course you can also choose to purchase a yearly license; I bought mine for 22 yuan/year; the official version is also fairly affordable.

4: Configure IDM-related properties. Specifically:

• Options - Download - The User Agent (UA) used when manually adding a download task: set to netdisk.
• Options - Link - Default maximum connections (set to 4 threads)

• After finishing the settings, click OK to save.

  

5: Open Baidu Netdisk, first select the files you want to download, click the Easy Download Helper above, then obtain the direct link address.

6: Paste the obtained direct link into IDM to create a new download task; you're all set.