How can I stop photos I download from popping up in Preview?

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I download product photos from other websites and this happens:

I save the photo to the file I want
the photo then appears on Preview in the foreground on my Mac
the website I was downloading from has to be pulled up again from the        task bar.

This is quite annoying as I should be able to just download the photo and be right back on the website I was working on.

please advise as this must be a setting I'm missing out on.

Toyanozara Mba-Uzoukwu · Answer

On Google Chrome, open preferences
at the side tab, click the dropdown. click on downloads.
you will see something about opening downloads, press clear.
Problem fixed.

Tetsujin · Answer

Assuming Safari… 
Prefs > General > uncheck Open "safe" files after downloading.

Alternatively, & imho far preferable, just have your destination folder visible next to your browser and just drag & drop pictures to it from the web site.

How can I stop photos I download from popping up in Preview?

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