I download many apps, documents, and other files during the day, and the space in my Downloads folder builds up fast on my drive. I use an external hard drive to save local drive space and point my ...

My Downloads folder used to be a mess of screenshots, zip files, and random documents I promised myself I would organize someday. But that "someday" never arrived. Luckily, I found a way to reclaim my ...

How do you guys deal with Downloads folder's growth? I have 1300+ items in there and it's very sluggish when I click on it in stacks view. How do you organize it (short of deleting everything)? Also, ...

If you've ever opened your Downloads folder only to find a ton of files you don't need, reader Márton Mészáros has a simple tip for keeping yourself organized: use your computer's temporary folder. If ...

In this post, we will show you how to automatically empty in Recycle Bin and Downloads folder using Storage Sense in Windows 11/10. If you use a file on a daily or even weekly basis, keeping that in ...

To new Mac users, the Downloads folder is quite confusing and even "invisible." As a Mac consultant, you wouldn't believe the number of times I've found multiple copies of downloads, updaters, and ...

Reader Charles Bilkin is unsatisfied with a Safari feature, he writes: When I used Safari running under Tiger, my downloads would go to the Desktop. Now that I’m using Leopard, they go into the ...

On an iPhone, downloaded files are typically saved in the Files app under the “Downloads” folder, accessible via iCloud Drive or “On My iPhone.” Photos and videos go to the Photos app, while music, ...

No matter how organized you are, it can be hard to sift through a giant downloads folder for what you're looking for—especially if you don't know what the file's name is. Sort your downloads folder by ...