How to show external drives in the Files app
Show external drives in files app
iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 26
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They should appear automatically when connected if they are formatted in a supported format the device can read and access. There's no setting for this. Formats include fat32, exFat, HFS+ and APFS.
Windows NTFS formatted drives are not supported so will not be accessible.
click here ➜ Connect external storage devices to iPhone - Apple Support