Why does it take so much longer to download data on devices than to delete it?

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Why is it that it takes my phone almost an hour to download 6GB worth of data for an app, but upon deleting the app, it only requires less than 10 seconds to wipe all the data in the app from my phone? By deleting the app from the phone, I mean deleting the app from the home page. Thanks in advance!

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Deleting data on a computer or phone only means marking the space it takes up as available for re-use. That’s rather fast since the data is not “wiped clean” or otherwise destroyed. It merely becomes unseen by you. Downloading an app or files, however can only proceed as fast as your cellular or wifi network can deliver the data so it generally takes much longer.

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