Subscriber Account active since. With all of the amazing features available on Android , like a high definition camera, apps for everything, lighting fast processing power, and so on, there is one thing that can be less than convenient: the difficulty of finding downloaded files.
It's almost as if your smartphone's downloads disappear just as soon as the transfer of data has been completed. In fact, unless you know where to look, on some phones that's effectively what happens. So let's tell you where to look for downloads on your Android phone. It's a little place called the app drawer. Open the Android app drawer by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. Look for the My Files or File Manager icon and tap it.
Photos taken on Camera standard Android app are stored on either a memory card or phone memory depending on the settings. Skip to content. Steps Open the app drawer. This is the list of apps on your Android. The name of this app varies by device. Select a folder. If you only see one folder, tap its name. Tap Download. It provides a more feature-rich file manager, something that the more technically savvy will appreciate. For the task at hand, it is more than capable to show you where your downloads are.
Say that you downloaded an image a few days back, and you may have accidentally deleted it. You can still easily get that image back — or any other download you did on the Chrome browser — for that matter, because the Chrome app remembers your downloads.
Open up the Chrome browser app, which most people use as their default smartphone internet browser. Tap on the menu button to the left of the address bar the three dots button , and then tap on Downloads. The following menu will show you all your recent downloads, and you can just tap on one to re-download it. If connecting your Android device to your Windows computer is easier for you, then you can also use this to find the Downloads folder in Android.
Plug in to a USB port on your computer and wait for your computer to accept the connection. You can even save the said file on your computer if you want to use it at some other time. Personally, I believe this is the easiest method to find and open downloaded files on Android.
Not only the downloads, even the files from Google apps like Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc.. To open downloads from Google Drive , open the Google Drive app. If you remember the name of the file, use search bar to easily find the downloaded file or scroll through the files and locate it.
In your file manager app whichever you may be using you can press down on the file you want to delete. Options will then appear, including one that will allow you to delete the said file. This is helpful if you want to delete multiple files.
Just make sure you select all the files you want to delete from the folder and then hit the Delete icon up top. Look for My Files app in the Samsung folder on your Samsung phone. All the files are stored in My Files including the Downloads. If you find difficulty locating the app, use the search bar. In the Chrome app, tap the Kebab menu three dots located on the top right corner of the screen.
I understand that finding your way around the Android operating system might seem slightly daunting at first. These methods are helpful to get you back on track and locate the downloaded files you need to access. Let us know in the comments section which method worked for you. Jagdish is an Android troubleshooter who loves talking tech and discussing technology's impact on humanity. He is passionate about writing and fond of technology—with a zeal for Android problem-solving.
When Jag isn't writing or discussing tech and marketing, he'll be smashing cricket balls or shooting hoops on the basketball court.
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