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It will take you to the ‘Browse’ page where you will tap on ‘Downloads’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/b55ab2ec-bd11-4a4b-a78e-4d9f226967d4/4c5ff2e6-5a0e-433f-af48-b0a1bb626332.jpeg Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 3. Lightly press and hold your finger on the download you want to delete. A dropdown menu will appear, tap Delete at the bottom. 4. Tap the back arrow in the top left corner to return to the Browse page (may have to tap twice). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/fde93bf5-1026-4e6a-93ac-730cb988b127/5985b802-cde0-4d8b-987c-fef402c07a9e.jpeg Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 5. On that page, under ‘Locations’ you'll see a ‘Recently Deleted’ folder, tap it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/5a6659d6-8534-47f7-9658-fb74868d8274/290b3f56-3a0e-4bf9-bbe6-6ef64a838ff4.jpeg Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 6. The file you just deleted should appear here. Lightly press and hold it and a dropdown menu will appear. 7. Tap the red Delete Now button. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/aca07407-4690-42e6-b433-7a97bb2a79b0/40480c3f-d9a3-4ccd-bdf0-9565acbfd5a7.jpeg Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 8. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm, this will immediately delete the file from all your Apple devices and cannot be undone. 9. Tap Delete to complete. 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Press and hold your finger on any file to activate selection mode, you'll notice small circles appear to the left of all your files. Tap the circle next to the file you want to delete to select it, confirmed by a blue tick appearing in the circle. 4. Tap Delete or the trash icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/01b9d0f4-be6d-451b-9cbe-a3b63046d88a/Screen+Shot+2026-05-12+at+8.43.15+PM.png Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 5. A confirmation pop-up may appear, tap Move to Recycle Bin to confirm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/74d33ed6-0f47-46cc-9c10-b944f7b5f8eb/Screen+Shot+2026-05-12+at+8.48.59+PM.png Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - To make sure it's fully gone: Look for a Trash or Recently Deleted folder within the Files app. 2. If the file appears there, press and hold it to select (like in step 3) and tap Delete or the trash icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6872d710ee640f615e7a2330/086cba31-fb2e-4241-a978-350b63e70f3e/Screen+Shot+2026-05-12+at+8.52.08+PM.png Community Spotlight - How to Delete Downloads from a Cellphone - 3. A confirmation will appear, asking if you want to “Permanently delete 1 file”. Tap Delete. 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