diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/List.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/List.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95510f66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/List.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.fenix.ext
+
+import org.mozilla.fenix.library.downloads.DownloadItem
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * Checks a List of DownloadItems to verify whether items
+ * on that list are present on the disk or not. If a user has
+ * deleted the downloaded item it should not show on the downloaded
+ * list.
+ */
+fun List<DownloadItem>.filterNotExistsOnDisk(): List<DownloadItem> {
+    return this.filter {
+        File(it.filePath).exists()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/library/downloads/DownloadFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/library/downloads/DownloadFragment.kt
index 82ed98e0a..52af61d85 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/library/downloads/DownloadFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/library/downloads/DownloadFragment.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.R
 import org.mozilla.fenix.browser.browsingmode.BrowsingMode
 import org.mozilla.fenix.components.StoreProvider
 import org.mozilla.fenix.components.metrics.Event
+import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.filterNotExistsOnDisk
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.requireComponents
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.showToolbar
 import org.mozilla.fenix.library.LibraryPageFragment
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class DownloadFragment : LibraryPageFragment<DownloadItem>(), UserInteractionHan
                 it.value.contentLength.toString(),
                 it.value.contentType
             )
-        }
+        }.filterNotExistsOnDisk()
 
         downloadStore = StoreProvider.get(this) {
             DownloadFragmentStore(
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/ListTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/ListTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f565b66fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/ListTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.fenix.ext
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.FenixRobolectricTestRunner
+import org.mozilla.fenix.library.downloads.DownloadItem
+import java.io.File
+
+@RunWith(FenixRobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class ListTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Test download in list but not on disk removed from list`() {
+        val filePath1 = "filepath.txt"
+        val filePath3 = "filepath3.txt"
+
+        var file1 = File(filePath1)
+        var file3 = File(filePath3)
+
+        // Create files
+        file1.createNewFile()
+        file3.createNewFile()
+
+        val item1 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath.txt", filePath1, "71 Mb", "Image/png")
+        val item2 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath2.txt", "filepath2.txt", "71 Mb", "Image/png")
+        val item3 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath3.txt", filePath3, "71 Mb", "Image/png")
+
+        val testList = mutableListOf(item1, item2, item3)
+        val comparisonList: MutableList<DownloadItem> = mutableListOf(item1, item3)
+
+        val resultList = testList.filterNotExistsOnDisk()
+
+        assertEquals(comparisonList, resultList)
+
+        // Cleanup files
+        file1.delete()
+        file3.delete()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Test download in list and on disk remain in list`() {
+        val filePath1 = "filepath.txt"
+        val filePath2 = "filepath.txt"
+        val filePath3 = "filepath3.txt"
+
+        var file1 = File(filePath1)
+        var file2 = File(filePath2)
+        var file3 = File(filePath3)
+
+        // Create files
+        file1.createNewFile()
+        file2.createNewFile()
+        file3.createNewFile()
+
+        val item1 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath.txt", filePath1, "71 Mb", "text/plain")
+        val item2 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath2.txt", filePath2, "71 Mb", "text/plain")
+        val item3 = DownloadItem(71, "filepath3.txt", filePath3, "71 Mb", "text/plain")
+
+        val testList = mutableListOf(item1, item2, item3)
+        val comparisonList: MutableList<DownloadItem> = mutableListOf(item1, item2, item3)
+
+        val resultList = testList.filterNotExistsOnDisk()
+
+        assertEquals(comparisonList, resultList)
+
+        // Cleanup files
+        file1.delete()
+        file2.delete()
+        file3.delete()
+    }
+}