Pause, resume, or remove a task

Pause, resume, end, or remove Synology Download Station tasks, and filter, search, and sort the task queue in Swads.

Open the task queue and select a task to control it. Which actions are available depends on the task's current state.

Before changing a task

Confirm that the intended NAS is selected and that the task name, destination, and current state match the task you want to change. Task actions are sent to Download Station on that NAS.

Task actions

Resume continues a paused or waiting task.
Pause stops an active task and keeps its progress.
End stops a task that is downloading or seeding.
Remove deletes the task from Download Station. Swads asks for confirmation before removal.

Each task row shows the file name, total file size, downloaded and uploaded data, progress, current download and upload speed, and status. On Mac, you can show, hide, and reorder the task table columns so only the details you care about stay visible.

Filter and find tasks

You can:

Filter by All, Downloading, Completed, Active, or Inactive
Search task names
Switch between ascending and descending order
Sort by different fields
Refresh the task queue manually on Mac

On Mac, Swads remembers the selected view, task status, sorting, and table columns.

Common task states

In addition to waiting, downloading, paused, completed, and seeding, Swads can show writing, checking, broken link, broken destination, quota reached, connection timeout, duplicate task, extraction failure, or invalid file. These states come from Download Station.

Confirm the result

After an action completes, the task queue should show the new state reported by Download Station. Refresh the queue if the state does not update immediately.

Removing a task is different from removing a saved NAS instance. Swads asks for confirmation before it sends the task removal to Download Station.