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iOS Mail app - Where are "downloaded" email attachments stored?
I'm on iOS 12.1.3
For example, I email someone two mp3 files (don't worry - not illegally - these are audio exports from notation software ) using the GMail web interface on my iMac . I then want to be sure the attachments are playable on iPhone, so I go to my sent mail in the Mail app on my iPhone, click on the sent email, then "tap to download" each of the mp3 files. They both download, and then I can tap to play them from within the Mail app (it brings up an audio player with the QuickTime logo in the background).
So my question is, where are such downloaded files stored on my iPhone? Are they embedded to that email so that the only way to delete them from your phone is to delete the email and then empty the trash? Or is there a way to empty the cache of downloaded files without having to delete the email(s) from which they were downloaded?
I'm on iOS 12.1.3
For example, I email someone two mp3 files (don't worry - not illegally - these are audio exports from notation software ) using the GMail web interface on my iMac . I then want to be sure the attachments are playable on iPhone, so I go to my sent mail in the Mail app on my iPhone, click on the sent email, then "tap to download" each of the mp3 files. They both download, and then I can tap to play them from within the Mail app (it brings up an audio player with the QuickTime logo in the background).
So my question is, where are such downloaded files stored on my iPhone? Are they embedded to that email so that the only way to delete them from your phone is to delete the email and then empty the trash? Or is there a way to empty the cache of downloaded files without having to delete the email(s) from which they were downloaded?
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