deleting downloads

I have two problems. I cannot delete files from the Gallery I have a Droidx by Motorola I click on the files and select all then touch delete and they are still there.

In downloads I have four files that all say the contents could not be downloaded but I cannot delete these as well.

I have looked at previous posts, but nothing that is suggested works

Help

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sweetwater

Yea!!! the long press worked! after pressing down and holding the message "clear from list " appeared and of course I said yes --- 4 times and the download list is cleared

Thank You

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Teiru

are these stored on your SD card or on the device itself?

sweetwater

I think on the phone but I'm not sure

sweetwater

When I access settings and go to the "SD card & Phone storage" the only function that is light up is "Unmount SD card"

Does this help?.

sweetwater

Ok one problem solved. I unmounted the SD card and then remounted and the files in the gallery disappeared.

The four files in the downloads are still there. Any idea how to remove them?

nimiaj

Downloaded files are usually stored in the Downloads or Download directory on either your phone memory or the SD card. The easiest way to delete these files is to connect your phone to your PC is "Disk Mode" and simple delete them from the drive letters that get loaded.

Steps:

Connect the phone to your PC via USB.
unlock the phone and from the Connect Menu, choose "Disk Mode"
On your PC, you will now need the two drives (one if you dont have an SD card inserted).
Navigate to these drives and loook for a folder named "Downloads" or "Download".
You should see the files that you are trying to delete and delete them.

Another alternative is to download a File Manager app from the market and use it to browse your device storage and delete the files. Some popular file managers are Open Manager, And Exploere, Astro File Manager, AndroZip File Manager. Once a file manager has been installed, note that the SD Card is easily visible, however your phone storage can be found under a directory named emmc in the root directory (/emmc).

Hope this helps!

sweetwater

no luck. I tried it all. The problem appears to be that the files did not download here's what appears in download history on the device

www2.personal-power-foru.in

cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone

this message appears 4 times and no matter how I access it I can't find it to erase it

nimiaj

If the download list is showing the issue, you can try deleteing it from the list.

Open the Internet app-> Tap menu-> More-> Downloads

Long Press the item you wish to delete, and from the popup menu, select Delete.

If this also does not solve your problem, I will recomment clearing data for the Internet App. This will however mean that you will have to re-create your bookmarks and re-add your passwords etc etc.

Hope this helps!

sweetwater

Yea!!! the long press worked! after pressing down and holding the message "clear from list " appeared and of course I said yes --- 4 times and the download list is cleared

Thank You