What’s blob.mov.download

[Canuckgal]

I came upon this accidentally when I held down the Safari icon. I can’t delete it. What is it? Should I be concerned?

This is my screenshot.

 

[ThatTechyGuy]

That's nothing to worry about. A "blob" is just a piece of data during a download, kind of like a temporary file or a placeholder for the real file. It looks like you had downloaded something, and it got interrupted during the download, so it just shows that temporary blob file. You can delete that file as well, you won't be losing anything!

 

[Canuckgal]

Thanks. I can’t delete it and have no idea what it was.

One suggestion I read was to go to Settings, Safari, Clear Website & History. Does that sound reasonable.

 

[ThatTechyGuy]

Thanks. I can’t delete it and have no idea what it was.

One suggestion I read was to go to Settings, Safari, Clear Website & History. Does that sound reasonable.

Yeah you can definitely try that. Does it show up in your Files app?

 

[Canuckgal]

Yeah you can definitely try that. Does it show up in your Files app?

Yes it does - did. I just deleted it. Thanks again.