Choose the files to be deleted and hit Delete. You can delete downloads on your phone from your PC as well. Just connect your Android phone to the computer using a USB cable. The same will be removed from your phone as well. You can delete downloads directly from the browser.
Follow the steps shown below for the Google Chrome browser. Hit the three-dot icon next to the file you want to delete and choose Delete from the menu. To delete multiple files, touch and hold one of the files you want to delete, then tap on the other files and hit the Delete icon. If you are unable to delete downloads from your Android phone, follow these troubleshooting methods. Next, try deleting the file using a different file manager app for Android. You need to clear the cache for the File manager app that you are using and for Media storage.
To do that:. You can delete PDFs and half-downloaded files in the same way you delete other files. That is, navigate to the Download folder in the File manager app and look for the required files. Select them and hit the Delete button. To find recently downloaded files, use the Sort option. Open the Downloads folder in the File manager app and look for the Sort option.
To delete hidden files, open the File Manager app on your phone and go to its settings. Enable hidden files, then navigate to the folder containing the hidden files. Select it and hit the Delete option. Clearing the cache or data from the file manager app or browser will not have any impact on the downloaded files. In fact, you should occasionally delete the unnecessary or old downloads to free up storage space, especially the APK files for the apps you have installed. For instance, you can compress large audio files , move photos and videos to a cloud storage service like Google Photos , add an SD card if your phone supports it, etc.
Deleting downloads, however, remains one of the best ways to free up space on Android phones. You can also change the downloads location on your Android phone, move Android apps to an SD card , or uninstall apps to get more storage. Mehvish is a technology enthusiast from Kashmir, India. A computer engineer by degree, she's always been keen to help when someone finds technology challenging.
Affiliate Disclosure: Make Tech Easier may earn commission on products purchased through our links, which supports the work we do for our readers. Is this article useful? Yes No. Recent versions of the web browser display a short confirmation that a file has been downloaded successfully.
The confirmation goes away after a short period, and it may not be clear how to access the downloaded file. If you bring down the notifications area of the device, you will see the downloads listed there as a single entry. A tap on a single download listed there launches the file. What happens depends on the file.
You get a prompt if the file is an apk or executable file for instance. Most files, media for instance, are opened in the default viewer application or a prompt is displayed what to do with that file type. Chrome's Download Manager on Android is bare bones. It sorts downloads by date and displays the filename, size, and root domain it was downloaded from in the interface. You may use the search to find files but won't find many other useful options there.
A tap on a download launches it and a tap on the menu displays options to share the file or delete it. You may use the Files app on your Android device to manage downloaded files better. Just open it on your device, e. Tap on the Menu icon in the top left corner and select Downloads to display only downloaded files.
Here you may select the menu next to individual files to interact with them, e. Some Android devices come with a Downloads app. Design and layout of the app depends largely on the manufacturer of the device. The download app on my Xiaomi Mi4c device for instance separates files that are downloading from complete files.
You may pause or resume files that are in the download queue there for instance. There you may also clear the list of downloads which just removes the reference to the download but not the actual file which remains on the device. You may use the file manager of the device instead to access all files downloaded to it. Use it to open the downloads folder on the device which lists all downloaded files that have not been deleted yet.
Some browsers handle downloads internally. One question that should come up is why Google does not list downloads in the browser itself. It could be a combination of downloads not being overly popular on mobile devices and keeping Chrome as clean and tidy as possible interface wise.
The download manager. And share after you select a file or more. Not even search, let alone pause download, etc. The way I discovered this was a bit infuriating as I had to redownload some files..
Also no select all button, I have to tap on each file, all of them if needed, to select then remove them. Thank you so much buddy…. I forgot that I could control chrome downloads using my Default downloads app. Finally I could stop a large file from downloading on my mobile data.
Anyways Thanks again!! Thank you! I came here from a Google search after wondering if I was somehow going blind and missing the downloads options. There is no way to delete the list of downloads all at once, you have to delete each item one at a time. It takes forever. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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