iPhone 12 Pro Max Where do incomplete downloads from Safari go?

[trevorplease]

Hi

I was trying to download a mp4 video from a Google drive onto my phone with safari.

It got incomplete or corrupted at 1.88 out of 2.5 GB

Tried to resume but the download turned into an html text file which I deleted.

My question is the 1.88 GB incomplete file does that get automatically deleted or do I have to manually delete the file so I can save phone space? Where can I find this file to delete?

 

[Shirasaki]

If it is not automatically deleted, then it will stay on your device until next erase data and settings cycle. On desktop, incomplete download will stay where it is until you delete it. So I assume that’s also the same on iOS device.

 

[trevorplease]

If it is not automatically deleted, then it will stay on your device until next erase data and settings cycle. On desktop, incomplete download will stay where it is until you delete it. So I assume that’s also the same on iOS device.

So I'm assuming no real way to tell if it got deleted without knowing how much space was available prior to downloading eh?

It's bothering me knowing there might be a trash file of almost 2gb wasting space. Although it doesn't show up as taking up space in Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Safari

 

[Shirasaki]

So I'm assuming no real way to tell if it got deleted without knowing how much space was available prior to downloading eh?

It's bothering me knowing there might be a trash file of almost 2gb wasting space. Although it doesn't show up as taking up space in Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Safari

It is always the case for iOS and it will probably never change. Prior in iOS 9 days, I sometimes got as much as 40 GB data corrupted on device and can’t reclaim the space without resetting the device.
Safari is the most notorious imo cause it could take up dozens of GB for corrupted files you can’t claim back. Deleting website data may not even work and you lose all browsing history, something I find very useful from time to time.

 

[LFC2020]

It’s gone to heaven. 🥺😇😂