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iPhone User Guide

Modify files and folders in Files on iPhone

You can copy, move, customize, share, and delete your documents, images, and other files on your iPhone.

👁 The Files app displaying multiple folders and locations named Downloads, Letters, Family, and so on. At the bottom of the screen are buttons for Recent files, Shared files, and the Browse tab.

Modify and rearrange documents

When viewing a file in a supported document format, you can modify and rearrange the document’s contents.

  1. Go to the Files app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Open the document you want, tap its title, then choose any of the following:

    • Duplicate: Make a copy of the document.

    • Move: Move the document to another location.

    • Rename: To rename the document.

    • Export: Save a copy of the file in a different file format.

    • Print: Print the document

To mark up a document, tap 👁 the Markup Toolbar button
at the bottom of the screen.

To save the document in the Photos Library, tap 👁 the Share button
, then tap Save Image.

To rearrange a document, touch and hold a highlighted page and drag it to a new location.

Note: Not all document formats are supported by the Files app.

Customize the appearance of your folders

You can add color and icons to your folders to make them easier to spot.

  1. Go to the Files app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Touch and hold a folder you want to customize, then choose Customize Folder & Tags.

    Note: This command doesn’t appear for the Desktop, Documents, or Downloads folders.

  3. Tap Tags, choose a color, then tap 👁 the Back button
    .

  4. Select an icon or tap Emoji to add an emoji to the folder.

To remove the icon from the folder, tap Clear below the icons.

Change to list view or icon view

  1. Go to the Files app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From an open location or folder, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Icons or List to change your view of the files.

    To look deeper into a file hierarchy in List view, tap 👁 the Forward button
    next to a folder to expand it.

Rearrange the Browse screen

  1. Go to the Files app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap Browse at the bottom of the screen.

  3. At the top of the Browse screen, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     tap Edit, then do any of the following:

Delete a file or folder

  1. Go to the Files app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. Tap Browse at the bottom of the screen, then locate the file or folder you want to delete.

  3. Touch and hold the file, then tap Delete.

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