Downloads on your Android device should end up in your My Files (or File Manager) app.
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You can find downloads on Android in My Files or File Manager.
You can find these apps in the app drawer of your Android device.
Within My Files or File Manager, navigate to the Downloads folder to find everything you downloaded.
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.
Note: This guide uses a Samsung S21 — the steps might be different depending on which Android device you’re using, but should be easily transferable.
How to find downloads on your Android device
1. Open the Android app drawer by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. You can also access the app drawer by tapping its icon on the home screen.
2. Tap My Files (or File Manager).
Open your Android device’s file manager app.
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Quick tip: If you don’t see the My Files app, tap the Samsung icon with many smaller icons inside of it instead — My Files will be among them.
3. Inside the My Files app, tap Downloads.
Go to the “Downloads” folder once you open My Files.
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You should now be able to see all of your downloads.