How to Add Folders to Favorites List in Files for iOS

How to Add Folders to Favorites List in Files for iOS

The Files app on iPhone and iPad is a bit like a light version of Finder on Mac, offering direct access to files and folders in iOS 11. If you find yourself accessing a particular folder often within Files app, you can make it quicker to access by adding it to your Favorites list. Once an item is added to the Favorite list of iOS Files app, it will be visible in the Favorites section of the app, or the sidebar for iPad users when Files app is in horizontal mode. You can add a folder to the favorites section of iOS Files app with a tap trick or with drag and drop, well show you how to use both. And of course, well also show you how to remove an item from the Files app Favorites list too. All iPhone and iPad users can add folders to favorites by using a simple tap trick: The folders will appear in the Favorites list in the Locations section of the Files app when at the Browse screen, or in the sidebar if you use Files app in horizontal mode on the iPad. The iPad Files app features drag and drop support that is quite similar to the Mac by having the sidebar constantly visible when the device is in horizontal mode. The drag and drop approach to adding items to favorites in iOS Files app works just like , so if youre on an iPad and coming from a Mac background the process should feel similar. Drag and drop support also works in vertical mode and Files app on iPhone, but youll need to tap and hold on the folder with one finger while using another finger to tap on Locations and then drop it in the Favorites list from there. It works, but its a lot easier to do it in horizontal view on iPad. Removing a folder from the favorites list is easy as well: Keep in mind you can also just toggle the little > arrow button next to the Favorites list to hide the favorites items as well, though that will hide the entire Favorites list rather than remove any of the items in the list. The new iOS Files app is simple to use while still retaining a good feature set, if you dont have Files app in iOS its probably because you dont have iOS 11 or later installed on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or perhaps you inadvertently deleted the Files app, in which case youd either need to update iOS or re-download the Files app again.