Where Does Coursera Store Courses and Downloads?
Where the Coursera app keeps courses and downloads on Android and iPhone, and what the account holds.
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Coursera pairs account enrollments with device videos. Your login holds courses, grades, and certificates. The phone caches lesson videos privately for offline study.
That split matters on flights. Enrollments return instantly, video needs redownload. Android may show a Coursera folder under Android data for cache on some builds. iPhone keeps it in the app container. For moves, sign in covers progress while lessons need fresh fetches over WiFi. When in doubt, verify paths inside the app before trusting a remembered folder.
Where Coursera stores this, by platform
/sdcard/Android/data/org.coursera.android
Enrollments follow your Coursera login. Lesson videos cache privately. A shared folder may appear under Android data on some builds, varying by release.
On My iPhone/Coursera
Courses live in the Coursera container plus cloud. Sign in to restore grades, then redownload lessons. Certificates generate in cloud account.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Coursera courses to a new phone?
Sign in on the new phone and enrollments return from the account. Downloads stay behind in private storage. Redownload lessons over WiFi after sign in. Manual folder copies need root and do not move progress or certificates.
Does Coursera work offline?
Yes for lessons you downloaded. They live in private storage plus cache. The shared folder may show cache on some builds. Use the in app downloads list to verify. Progress itself follows your account regardless of files.
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