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How to Use Files App to Manage Files on Your iPhone/iPad

How to Use Files App to Manage Files on Your iPhone/iPad

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The Files app for iPhone and iPad offers iOS and iPadOS users more control over files than previous versions of the mobile operating system. This article explains how to use this feature to organize items.

How to Use iPhone Files App

The Files app is a centralized hub for available cloud-based storage options like Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud Drive. It also includes documents stored on iOS devices and those created in other apps.

Previously, the only way to access these local files was to connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC and launch iTunes. The Files app lets you copy these documents to any storage location.

The drag-and-drop feature that Apple introduced in iOS 11 offers easier ways to manipulate files on iPad or iPhone. Here's how to move an item using this method.