How to stop android auto deleting my downloads

[The Road Crew]

S21 Ultra. Running latest software I think (May 21)

I download documents (mostly pdfs but sometimes word and excel docs) thru an app (not via chrome or internet browser etc)

Android auto deletes then after approx 7 days. Very infuriating! I think it's something to do with the "download idle service" but I don't know how to stop it!

A work around I found it's that if I rename the file then it stays on my phone and isn't auto deleted. It's a pain as I often forget to rename it.

Anyone had similar and found a solution?

[Dracoro]

? Android Auto is the car app, like iOS CarPlay.....

What makes you think Android Auto is deleting files?

Edit - I think you mean Android automatically deleting files, not Android auto... As you were

[deckster]

Android auto-deletes his downloads. not Android Auto deletes his downloads

Looks like this is a "feature" that you will need to raise with the app author unfortunately

https://www.vvse.com/blog/blog/2020/01/06/android-...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46501822/downl...

[7n8n]

In the app you're using can you change the default directory for downloads?

Assuming the auto-deletion only occurs in the Downloads folder in the user data space, this should avoid the files being auto-deleted.

[Dracoro]

deckster said:

Android auto-deletes his downloads. not Android Auto deletes his downloads

The importance of punctuation

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.
or
I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse.

[Mammasaid]

Dracoro said:

deckster said:

Android auto-deletes his downloads. not Android Auto deletes his downloads

The importance of punctuation

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.
or
I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse.

Or the difference between knowing you're st or knowing your st.

(yes, pedants, I know that's grammar not punctuation)

[Mr Pointy]

Dracoro said:

The importance of punctuation

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.
or
I helped my Uncle, Jack, off a horse.

You know the first rule of any post about spelling, punctuation or grammer is "don't make any mistakes" .

[595Heaven]

Mr Pointy said:

You know the first rule of any post about spelling, punctuation or grammer is "don't make any mistakes" .

I like how you misspelt ‘grammar’