{"id":949,"date":"2024-06-27T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/?p=949"},"modified":"2024-07-02T08:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:26:48","slug":"google-ads-editor-freezing-again-heres-my-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/google-ads-editor-freezing-again-heres-my-fix","title":{"rendered":"Google Ads Editor freezing again: here&#8217;s my fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most annoying things in my PPC workday?<br><br>Google Ads Editor stalling.<br><br>It&#8217;s constantly freezing when downloading my account, not responding at all after multiple attempts. Again, and again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, also after checking my internet connection, resetting my machine, downloading the latest version of the tool, and only selecting the basic download of a selection of the campaigns.<br><br>I&#8217;ve tried everything from signing in and out, removing temp files, disabling virus checkers, using VPN, and turning off Cloudflare&#8230; nothing works.<br><br>It still freezes.<br><br>Sounds familiar?<br><br>If so, try this solution for large accounts: <strong>you can force the download to finish by changing the download mode in Google Ads Editor!\u00a0<\/strong><br><br>For Windows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select Start > Run, then type cmd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press Enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following command: cd &#8220;C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Google Google Ads Editor&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press Enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following command: start google google_ads_editor_launcher.exe -dlMaxRequests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press Enter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restart the account download.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FINALLY! I got the complete account downloaded in Editor again. (It still took 3 hours, though.)<br><br>Here&#8217;s a bunch of additional resources that will help you get the job done and Google Ads Editor back up to speed:<br><br>Uninstall and remove temp files:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30515?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30515?hl=en<\/a><br><br>Download and install the latest version:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30513<\/a><br><br>Select a portion of the account and download only basic data:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/30542<\/a><br><br>Make sure to not download images and videos:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/38872?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/38872?hl=en<\/a><br><br>Log diagnostics to see what went wrong:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/94249?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/editor\/answer\/94249?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=9314<\/a><br><br>Hope this helps,<br><br>&#8211; Nils<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most annoying things in my PPC workday? 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Again, and again.\u00a0 Yes, also after checking my internet connection, resetting my machine, downloading the latest version of the tool, and only selecting the basic download of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/google-ads-editor-freezing-again-heres-my-fix\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Ads Editor freezing again: here&#8217;s my fix&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-ads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google Ads Editor freezing again: here&#039;s my fix - Nils Rooijmans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/google-ads-editor-freezing-again-heres-my-fix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Ads Editor freezing again: here&#039;s my fix - Nils Rooijmans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the most annoying things in my PPC workday? 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