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How to Delete Downloads on Android
Clear out junk and make space on your Android phone
What to Know
How to Open and Edit Files
How to Delete Files on Your Android Device
How to Delete Apps on Android Phones or Tablets
Remove unwanted apps from your Android device
Uninstall Android Apps from the App Drawer or Using Settings
From the App Drawer
In Settings
On Old Android Versions
On Some Samsung Devices
On a Kindle Fire
Purchased Apps and the Cloud
Spammy Apps That Make More Apps
System Apps
How to Completely Delete and Uninstall Apps on Android
Manual Clean
Deleting Folders
SD Maid
ES File Explorer
Wrapping Up
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How to Delete Downloads on Android

Clear out junk and make space on your Android phone

What to Know

Open the Files app and select the Downloads category. Tap and hold the files you want to delete to select them. Tap the Trash icon.
Android asks if you’re sure you want to delete the selected files. Confirm that you do.
Note: You can also use the Files app to delete unwanted images, videos, audio, and more.

This article explains how to get rid of unwanted downloads on an Android device. It’s not hard, but locating the files can be tricky if you don’t know where to look.

How to Open and Edit Files

Every Android device has a specific app to manage your downloaded or saved files, but it may take a bit of searching to find, depending on your device. Here’s how you browse through the different files you have.

When you delete files on your Android device, they are gone permanently, so be sure you really do want to delete them completely before following these instructions.

The app you are looking for is going to be called either Files or My Files, depending on the age of your device. To find the Files app, open the App Tray on your device. You may have to search a little. Look in a Tools folder if you don’t see it directly on the App Tray.

Inside the Files app, you can browse several different categories: images, videos, music, etc.

From here, you can tap files to access them or tap and hold to select multiple files at once. Depending on the type of file, there are different actions you can take once you have multiple files selected.

Pay a special note to the Documents section. If you’ve downloaded PDFs — tickets to an event, a restaurant menu, etc. — from a browser on your mobile device, they often just sit on your phone, taking up space.

Downloads from your web browser are stored in your downloads file, so when you delete them directly from the file, there’s no need to delete them from your browser. If you want to double check that, however, you can always open your web browser and go to Settings (usually represented by a three dot or three line menu icon) > Downloads to ensure all the files you want to delete are gone.

Once you’ve selected the files you want to delete, tap Delete, which is usually represented by a trash can icon.

You may be prompted to confirm you want to delete the files. Tap Delete or Yes, depending on your operating system, to permanently delete the files.

How to Delete Files on Your Android Device

Once you’ve found the Files app, deleting your files is a snap. Here’s how you do it.

Tap and hold your finger on the file you want to delete, then select either the Delete option or the Trash icon that appears.

You can select multiple files to delete several at once. Each one should receive a check mark if you tap and hold down on it — check several of them before selecting delete to take care of many files at once.

After you select to delete files, you will be prompted if you really want to delete those files. They are gone for good once you select OK, so make sure you’ve chosen wisely.

Downloaded files can take up lots of space on your Android. If you’ve never installed an additional SD card or added space to your phone, that can be a valuable commodity! It’s a good idea to clear out space every so often so you can download more of your favorite apps, music, and videos.

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How to Delete Apps on Android Phones or Tablets

Remove unwanted apps from your Android device

This article explains how to uninstall apps you don’t use anymore for all versions of Android 4.1 and later. As of 2021, most phones run Android 10 or higher.

Uninstall Android Apps from the App Drawer or Using Settings

There are two ways to uninstall a downloaded app on your Android phone or tablet: the Settings app or the app drawer. We detail both methods below.

From the App Drawer

Here’s how to uninstall from the app drawer:

In the app drawer, long-press the app you want to delete.

Drag the icon to the upper-right corner of the screen where the word Uninstall appears. Release your finger.

Confirm that you want to uninstall the app.

In Settings

It’s possible to uninstall an app using the Android settings rather than the app drawer. Here’s how:

Open Settings.

Select Apps & Notifications > See all X apps (the X is the number of apps currently installed on the device).

Select the app you wish to uninstall.

Select Uninstall.

Confirm you want to uninstall the app.

On Old Android Versions

The steps to delete or uninstall an app on pre-4.0 versions of Android are similarly simple. There may be some variation among phone brands and Android versions, but this method works on most Android devices.

For Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), go to Settings > Apps, then follow the steps for the older versions of Android.

Tap Menu (hard or soft button).

Select Settings, then choose Applications > Manage applications.

Tap the app you want to delete.

Tap Uninstall to remove the app from your device. If there’s no uninstall button, it’s a system app, and you can’t delete it.

On Some Samsung Devices

If the previous instructions don’t work on your Samsung device, try this:

Tap the Recent apps button and then tap Task manager.

Go to the Download tab and find the app you want to uninstall.

Tap the Uninstall button next to the app.

Tap OK.

If you don’t see an Uninstall button, you can’t delete the app using this method.

On a Kindle Fire

Amazon elected to go with an older customized version of Android for its Kindle devices, so the instructions to remove apps are different. You can manage your Kindle from your Amazon account on the web, but here’s how to delete apps using the device:

Go to the Home screen and tap the Apps tab.

Tap the Device tab to show only the apps on the Kindle (as opposed to all the apps you could potentially store on the device).

Long-press the app you want to remove until you feel or see a response.

Tap Remove from Device.

You’re not limited to the Amazon App Store when you install apps. You retain access to Kindle apps you installed through Amazon. However, you don’t necessarily have that same access to apps you installed through third-party app stores or sideloaded on the device.

Purchased Apps and the Cloud

Nearly all Android app stores let you keep your license to reinstall a purchased app. If you uninstall software that you bought from Google Play, for example, you can download it again if you change your mind later.

To delete your access to an app you purchased on Amazon, you must do that through your Amazon account on the web. It’s a more involved process than uninstalling it from a device. This may come in handy if you deem an app offensive and never want to see it again.

Spammy Apps That Make More Apps

Occasionally, you might run into an app that makes other apps, so you might delete things you don’t remember installing. You’re not imagining things. You can read more about avoiding Android spam. If you can identify the offending app, you can get rid of the problem. App stores are cracking down on this sort of nuisance.

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System Apps

You can try to delete an app that shipped with your phone, but this often does not work. Most of these apps are tied to the inner workings of your phone, and deleting them could break other apps. Shy of going to drastic measures and rooting the phone, the system apps have to stay.

System apps include Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, and Google Search. Some manufacturers, such as Samsung and Sony, install their own system apps on their phones and tablets in addition to the Google apps. Some, like the Amazon Kindle, remove all Google apps and include a different set of system apps.

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How to Completely Delete and Uninstall Apps on Android

Sometimes, when an app has outlived its usefulness, you’ll want to uninstall it to make way for new ones. Uninstalling apps is easy enough: simply go to the Apps list, find the app, and hit the Uninstall button. But it’s not so easy to completely uninstall apps on Android.

Unfortunately, for those who like a clean file system, some apps will leave behind “orphaned files” after uninstallation on Android devices. These files were created by the app so that it can do its job if they weren’t properly deleted after the app was uninstalled. This can get annoying when your device’s system is slowly clogged up by files and folders that aren’t being used. The solution then is to find a way to reliably remove leftover app data.

Also read: How to Easily Batch Uninstall Apps on Android

Manual Clean

You can reduce the amount of data that’s left behind after uninstallation by clearing the data. This won’t always be perfect, but it’s a good solution if you don’t want to install any additional apps to do so. It’s also important to note that this task is performed before the app is uninstalled.

To do this, go into your device’s Settings. (This can vary from device to device, but you can generally get there from the Settings app or by pulling down the notification tray and clicking the gear icon.) From here, select “Apps & notifications.”

Select the app you want to uninstall and tap Storage.

Select “Clear data” and/or “Clear cache.” Depending on the app, there may also be a “Manage data” option to clear additional settings and data. For instance, a browser app may have this option to delete bookmarks and stored passwords.

This will wipe the additional data the app has installed, which may give a cleaner uninstall.

Deleting Folders

When trying to figure out how to completely delete an app, you might have noticed some left over folders in your file manager app. This is another manual way to completely uninstall apps on Android.

You can either connect your device to a computer or use a file manager app. The app that comes pre-installed on your Android device works fine in most cases.

For me, File Manager is the default app. Whichever app you use, use the search feature to search for the name of the app you want to remove. Even just one unique word will help.

Only delete files and folders that you’re certain are only tied to the app you want to remove. It’s a good idea to back up your device before doing this just in case.

SD Maid

If you’d prefer to do a proper clean (or just want a simple app solution), SD Maid is a fantastic way to remove leftover app data on Android phones. It’s a general cleanup app with some options locked behind a premium paywall. The ability to clean up dead files, however, isn’t locked away.

As soon as you run SD Maid, you’ll be given several options. The one you want is the morbidly-named “CorpseFinder.” Tap the name to see what it does, or tap the circular arrow on the right to begin.

It’ll hunt for files left over by uninstalled apps. After the search, it’ll tell you if it has found any files. You can tap on the “CorpseFinder” button to view the files it believes are orphaned or press the bin icon on the right to throw them away.

On the file results screen you can tap individual files to delete them or hold-press to batch-select files to delete. This is particularly useful if you want to target specific files that CorpseFinder has detected.

If you want to exclude a file, make sure no other files are selected, then hold-press the file you want to keep and select the pin at the top.

ES File Explorer

ES File Explorer is a little more feature-packed than SD Maid. It was removed from Google Play Store due to legal issues with its parent company. However, the app itself is still amazing and actively updated. You just have to download it using a third party store, like APKPure. You’ll need to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources, though.

At its heart, it allows you to organize files on your device as well as on devices on the same network as you. It also comes with a durable Cleaner tool which helps clean up dud files. It can pick up on APKs that are no longer needed, advertisement junk, and thumbnail files. For the sake of what we’re trying to do, however, we’re going to focus on how to completely delete an app on Android using this tool.

To use it, after installing ES File Explorer, use the Cleaner tool.

The app will then scan your device for redundant files. Any files that have been left over from installed apps will appear under “Residual Junk” on the results page. Feel free to also browse what else ES File Explorer has found to really give your file system a scrub.

You can tap a result to see its details and tap the checkmarks on the right to select/unselect files for deletion. Once done, hit “Clean Now,” and it’ll get rid of those pesky files for you.

Wrapping Up

Having redundant files sitting around your system can be highly annoying. With these tricks you can completely uninstall apps on Android devices to make room for new ones. Of course, you can also stop specific apps from running in the background or block Internet access for certain apps instead of uninstalling them completely. If you have difficulty removing pre-installed bloatware on your phone, we have those fixes as well.

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Crystal Crowder has spent over 15 years working in the tech industry, first as an IT technician and then as a writer. She works to help teach others how to get the most from their devices, systems, and apps. She stays on top of the latest trends and is always finding solutions to common tech problems.

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Thank you for this clear COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION ANSWER on how to permanently delete an APP from any ANDROID device, I learned so much and have made a Cheat sheet for myself to refer to in future as I don’t remember the detailed information too well. You tell the correct sequence to uninstall the APP and why. You are a life saver and really a device saver! THANK YOU.