iPhone File Management: Removing a Download vs Deleting – What’s the Difference?

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Are you confused about the difference between removing a download and deleting a file on your iPhone? This video provides a clear explanation of the distinction and offers guidance on how to manage your files effectively depending on your needs.

In this video, you will learn about the difference between removing a download and deleting a file on their iPhone. The video explains that the distinction between the two options and how it is related to iCloud, as files stored in iCloud can be managed differently than files stored solely on the device. I show you how to remove a file from the iPhone only, and how to delete a file from both the iPhone and iCloud.

00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – What is the Difference between Removing a Download and Deleting?
01:00 – How to Remove a File From the iPhone Only
01:29 – How to Delete a File from your iPhone and iCloud
01:46 – Wrap Up

Whether viewers are new to the iPhone or looking to optimize their file management, this video provides valuable information and practical tips.

Video Transcription

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In this video, we’re going to look at the difference between removing a download on your iPhone as opposed to deleting it. Why would you see the option to remove a download as opposed to deleting it? Well, this all has to do with iCloud. Let’s find out. Let’s go over to my iPhone. So let’s open up my files app here. Now I am in iCloud Drive, you’re gonna see that I have iCloud Drive here. This lesson really does pertain to iCloud. The reason is, when you remove a download, I’m going to long press on this image here, when I long press on it, you’re gonna see the option to remove the download.

What does that mean? You’re also going to see that I can delete it. What’s the difference? Well, when you delete the file, what it’s going to do is delete the file from your iPhone, as well as from iCloud. This particular file being that I’m in iCloud Drive is stored in iCloud and it is stored on my iPhone. If I want to remove it from my iPhone and keep it in iCloud, then what I do is I go and remove the download. So if you go and remove the download thinking that you’re going to delete that file, really all you are doing is removing it from the iPhone you are not actually deleting the file it is still in iCloud.

Now if you are in a folder just on your iPhone, you would not see this option to remove the download because it is not in iCloud. So if you store your files in iCloud and you see remove download, just to know that you are actually not deleting it, all you’re doing is just removing it from your iPhone. To delete it, you just go down to the bottom and tap on Delete. It’ll remove it from the iPhone and it’ll remove it from iCloud. So that’s the difference between removing a download on the iPhone and how we can delete a file on the iPhone. Again this all has to do with files stored within iCloud Drive

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