Preface

Baidu Netdisk's speed limits have always been a nuisance. As a student I really can't afford the expensive renewal fee — ¥30 per month or over ¥260 per year — and I don't use it much. Yesterday I was downloading a 6GB software package that was throttled to 100 KB/s, which was really frustrating, so I found a method to obtain the direct link. On my campus network with a 100 Mbps connection I personally reached up to 8 MB/s.

What you need

• Microsoft Edge browser
• IDM (there are many cracked versions online)
• tampermonkey Installation method: Detailed tutorial on how to install tampermonkey on Edge
• Baidu Netdisk Simple Download plugin Download link: 百度网盘简易下载助手（直链下载复活版）下载地址

If you need to convert an Edge extension to a Chrome extension, I recommend reading an article by 威言威言: Chrome浏览器安装Edge浏览器的扩展插件

Getting started

1：First install the tampermonkey userscript manager; the installation method is linked above.

2：Then open the Baidu Netdisk Simple Download Assistant URL in Edge and install the plugin/script. Then enable the direct-link plugin.

3：Download IDM. If you don't have IDM, I suggest checking the 吾爱论坛 where there are many versions. Of course you can also choose to purchase a one-year license — I bought an official one for ¥22/year, which is quite affordable.

4：Set IDM-related properties as follows:

• Options -> Downloads -> When manually adding a download task, set the User Agent (UA) to: netdisk.
• Options -> Connections -> Default max number of connections (change to 4 threads)
• After setting, click OK to save.

  

5：Open Baidu Netdisk, first check the files you want to download, click the Simple Download Assistant above, and then get the direct link.

6：Paste the obtained direct link into IDM to create a new download task — that's it.