Modify files, folders, and downloads in Files on iPad
Use the Files app to modify or rearrange your files, folders, and downloads. You can also modify your documents, images, and other files.
Find downloaded files
If you downloaded files to your iPad from the internet, you can find them in the Downloads folder in the Files app.
Open the Files app
on your iPad.
Tap Browse.
Tap the Downloads folder to see your downloaded files.
Modify and rearrange documents
When viewing a file in a supported document format, you can modify and rearrange the document’s contents using the Files app.
Open a document.
Tap
, then chose any of the following:
Rotate Left: Rotate the highlighted page left.
Rotate Right: Rotate the highlighted page right.
Insert Blank Page: Insert a blank page after the highlighted page.
Insert from File: Insert pages from a file after the highlighted page.
Scan Pages: Insert pages from a scanned document after the highlighted page.
Delete: Delete the highlighted page.
To rearrange a document, touch and hold a highlighted page and drag it to a new location.
To mark up a document, tap
.
Note: Not all document formats are supported by the Files app.
Change to icon, list, or column view
From an open location or folder, tap one of the following at the top of the screen:
View as icons: Tap
.
View as a list: Tap
.
View as columns: Tap
.
To look deeper into a folder hierarchy from the column view, tap an item in the rightmost column, then swipe left. To see a preview of a file along with its metadata (such as its kind and size), tap the file. (If the preview doesn’t appear in the rightmost column, swipe left.) To view the file and perform various actions on it without leaving Files, tap Open below the file preview.
Rearrange the Browse sidebar
Tap at the top of the sidebar, tap Edit, then do any of the following:
Hide a location: Turn the location off.
Delete a tag and remove it from all items: Tap
next to the tag. (See Tag a file or folder.)
Remove an item from the Favorites list: Tap
next to the item. (See Mark a folder as a favorite.)
Change the order of an item: Touch and hold
, then drag it to a new position.