I downloaded a word file from an inbox mail (the mail app) onto my iPad, where is this file stored? How can I delete it if it takes up space in my iPad? Any ideas??
iPad 2, iOS 5
Unless you downloaded it into another app then it won't be taking up space. If you just opened the attachment in the Mail app then it will remain attached to the email in the Mail until you delete the email (if you havn't already done so)
Unless you downloaded it into another app then it won't be taking up space. If you just opened the attachment in the Mail app then it will remain attached to the email in the Mail until you delete the email (if you havn't already done so)
So does that mean it stays on the internet? Because there was a download sign and I saw it actually downloading... Thanks for replying!
Did you ever figure out what happened?
I had the same experience as you did, but in my case it was a big fat pdf that Mail insisted I had to download before I could view it. As happened with you, I saw the file actually downloading, and after a time I was able to view the pdf. It's been my assumption that the pdf is still somewhere on my iPad, but I have no idea where, nor how to delete it if it is still there.
Thanks.
Unless you copied it to another app then it has only been downloaded to that email - the iPad doesn't have a file system like a 'normal' computer, everything is stored within apps, so you would needed to have copied it via 'open in' to another app for it to be stored elsewhere
OK, thanks. I'll have to adjust to a different file management paradigm. When I see the iPad downloading something — with a progress bar and all — I tend to think that it's being put somewhere. It's especially tempting to think that way when, if I then come back to that email later, that downloaded file opens up right away (no re-download needed). So I guess the file is immediately accessible only as long as its parent email hasn't been deleted. I can live with that.
I downloaded a word file from an inbox mail (the mail app) onto my iPad2, where is this file stored? How can I delete it if it takes up space in my iPad? Any ideas??
