But wait… don’t rush to a third-party download manager. Managing your download, that too in a separate file manager app, is a tricky and daunting business. So, here’s good news, with iOS 13 and the changes made to Safari, you can manage your chaos (or should I say Downloads?) easily! Here are some quick ways to manage your Safari downloads on your iPhone and iPad effortlessly. Let’s begin!
How to download files in Safari on iPhone How to manage your downloads in Safari on the iPhone Pause/Resume/Cancel your downloads in Safari Change default Safari downloads location on iPhone Delete downloaded files in Safari Auto-delete Safari downloads on your iPhone
How to download files in Safari on iPhone
Note: There’s also an alternate way to access your downloads. You can go to the Files application and select Downloads.
How to manage your downloads in Safari on the iPhone
Pause/Resume/Cancel your downloads in Safari
Note: You can directly reach the downloaded location of a file by tapping the ‘Search‘ icon next to the file name.
Change default Safari downloads location on iPhone
Note: iCloud Drive will let your downloads be available across all connected devices, whereas the iPhone/iPad option will only save the file to the respective device. However, if you want to delete the file permanently, there are two ways to do it.
Delete downloaded files in Safari
Delete individual file Tap the arrow icon and swipe left the file you want to delete. Now, tap the delete button. Delete all files at once Tap the arrow icon and tap Clear.
You can also choose to auto-delete files.
Auto-delete Safari downloads on your iPhone
I hope the steps were quick, easy, and helpful. In case you have any other trouble, feel free to connect with me in the comments below. For further help related to the Safari browser, consider reading Dhvanesh’s guide on How to troubleshoot common Safari problems. Read more:
How to install Safari extensions on Mac in just 4 easy steps Safari Not Opening t.co Short Links from Twitter? Quick Fixes Restore Deleted Safari Bookmarks on Mac How to disable Safari tab previews on Mac (Quick guide)
