How To Clear Download History Android

Over time your Android phone is storing more and more data on its hard drive or its memory card, with all the files you download. And among all these downloaded items, there are times when you do not want anyone to know what you are downloading, thus being a matter of your privacy.

It is therefore important to regularly sort the files you download, in order to know what is visible or not, among your downloads. Because you know that when you download files, a download history stores the actions you take.

We will simply reveal to you in this article how to clear your download history on your android smartphone.

How to clear your download history on your Android smartphone

By default you get a notification when your smartphone is downloading or finished downloading a file. This is materialized by a notification that appears on the screen as follows:

If you press the download is complete, you go open the recently downloaded document, and so remove the download notification.

To access the list of downloaded files with your internet browser, whether it is Google Chrome or Firefox, or any other, the operation is similar:

Tap 3 small dots at the top right of your phone screen, in order to display all the options
Among the options, you will see the tab downloads, click on it
Now you just have to select the files by keeping them pressed for a few seconds, to delete them say vous want to erase all traces of your downloads.

Another way to access your downloads: your downloaded file will appear in the download manager, it's up to you to see if you want it to stay there.
From there, the download notification was cleared. The only remaining trace of your download is the file itself.
Related access the downloaded file, you have to go in the file manager of your smartphone, often called file manager, or simply files, like the example below.
To clear your download track, you must either delete file if you no longer need it, or move it to a hidden location. To be able to perform these actions on the file in question (here as an example a landscape photo), it suffices to keep pressed on the document in question, in order to reveal your stock options, located at the bottom of your phone screen.

Here are the different ways to access notifications and download history, unfortunately it sometimes happens that your phone or applications do not work properly. Here's what to do if something goes wrong:

Unable to clear download history on Android smartphone, what to do?

Occasionally, certain notifications from files being downloaded or already downloaded do not disappear. To correct this, there are several solutions that we will present to you.

Unable to clear download history: Clear cache and clear download app data

It may happen that the application that manages your smartphone downloads no longer works correctly and you prevents erasing your download history.

To correct this, follow this manipulation:

Go to your smartphone settings
Open the tab Applications
Find the internet browser application you use to upload your files, then open its tab
In our example we are using Google Chrome. Click on storage
Then click empty the cache and manage space
In the tab manage space, Press on free up space

Switch off your phone and restart it, to see if it is possible clear your download history now.

Cannot clear download history: Uninstall and reinstall the internet browsing application

If the manipulation explained above did not work, then try to uninstall and reinstall the internet browsing application that you use to download your files.

To do this, nothing could be simpler, just keep pressed for a few seconds on the logo of the application in question, in order to display the uninstall option.

For reinstate thereafter, it will suffice to launch the Play-store your Android smartphone in order to access it again.