> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.pixwel.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Downloads

> How you retrieve deliverable files, track large transfers, and review your download history.

**Downloads** is where you retrieve the deliverable [files](/features/projects/files) for an asset and keep track of everything you've pulled down.

## Getting files

You can download an asset's files directly from the asset or from a [share](/features/shares). Large files transfer through **[Aspera](/features/aspera-desktop)**, which handles big media reliably; these show up as **Active Transfers** with progress, speed, and **pause**, **resume**, and **cancel** controls. No Aspera software? Downloads automatically fall back to your **browser** over HTTPS — see [Direct Download (HTTPS)](/features/https-download).

<Note>
  A download gives you the full-resolution deliverable file — not the in-app preview. Previews are for reviewing inside Pixwel; downloads are the real assets for distribution.
</Note>

## What you're allowed to download

Downloading is permission-controlled. Whether you can download at all comes from the **download** [permission](/features/user-roles) on your group, and what you can download can be narrowed by:

* **Language and country** — only the localized versions your group is permitted to.
* **Usage** — only the formats (online, broadcast, DCP, print) included in your access or in the share.
* **Embargo** — a file under embargo can't be downloaded until the embargo lifts.

## Your download history

Every download is recorded — the file, asset, project, and when you got it. The **Downloads** page lists your history, which you can filter by asset name and page through. This same record feeds the [downloads report](/features/reports), so administrators can see who retrieved what and when.