Lightly spray your air fryer basket with cooking spray or gently rub 1 tablespoon of olive oil around the basket. You don’t need a lot, just a light layer.
Fill the basket with French fries. Don’t overcrowd the basket. You don’t need to place them in the air fryer in a single layer the way you do with many other air fryer recipes, but you also don’t want to overfill the basket.