1.19 Downloading a File

You can download files onto your mobile device to make them available when you are offline. Comments already made on downloaded files are also available.

Your Filr administrator can disallow the downloading of files to mobile devices from the Filr mobile app. If you cannot download files to your mobile device as described in this section, or if files that you previously downloaded are no longer there, your administrator has disabled this functionality.

  1. Navigate to the file that you want to download.

  2. iPhone: When you view the file on the iPhone, tap the Actions icon , then tap Add To Downloads.

    To remove the file from your downloads, tap the Actions icon , then tap Remove From Downloads.

    iPad: When you view the file on the iPad and on Android devices, tap the Download icon .

    To remove the file from your downloads, tap the Remove icon .

    Android devices: Tap the Menu button, then tap Add to Downloads.

    To remove the file from your downloads, tap the Menu button, then tap Remove from Downloads.

    Windows devices: When you view the file on a Windows phone, tap the Download icon .

    To remove the file from your downloads, tap the Remove icon .

The following icons indicate that a file has been downloaded:

  • The download icon overlays on the file icon, next to the file name.

    On iOS and Android devices:

    On Windows devices:

  • On the iPad, the Download icon is changed to the Remove icon .

    On Windows devices, the Download icon is changed to the Remove icon .

You can access your downloaded files by tapping Downloads from the home screen.

To see how much memory your downloaded files are consuming on your device:

  1. Tap the Home button (for iOS, tap ; for Android, tap ; for Windows, tap ).

  2. iOS devices: Tap Settings > Usage.

    The Downloaded Files section displays the memory usage of your downloaded files.

    Android devices: Tap Settings . In the Storage section, the Current Downloads Size displays the memory usage of your downloaded files.

    Windows devices: Tap Settings , then swipe to the Storage section. The Current Downloads Size displays the memory usage of your downloaded files.