File Manager

File manager for SDCard only

2025-03-12

SD File Manager File Explorer (4.6@1,606) 4 2 LastUpdate: 2016-07-05
Explorer (3.9@90,838) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ img thumbs, zip/unzip, edit text
OI File Manager (3.8@53,414) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

File manager supporting all local file systems

2025-03-12

File Manager (5@33) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab
Secure File Manager Beta (4.7@12) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-01-09 Github; supports encryption, zip, file locker and more
File Manager - My Files (4.6@1,576) 7 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-14
Explorer (4.5@96) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-02 Github
Root Explorer (4.4@32,465; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 11 1 root users only; remount, permissions, bookmarks, email, thumbnails, APK binary XML viewer…
Simple File Manager Pro (4.4@6,337; ~EUR 1.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Video Review 8/2020
MK Explorer (File manager) (4.3@24,992) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-03 XDA; ZIP/RAR, root; phone & tablet optimized
File Manager FS � FileSpace s (4.3@2,062) Ǥ 7 2 LastUpdate: 2020-05-31 Github; includes storage manager and music player
Open Manager (4.3@427) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2011-07-22 Github; zip/unzip, appinst, appbackup
Dir - File Manager (4.3@358) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-25
File Manager Pro (4.2@144) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-21
File Manager-Easy & Smart (3.9@324,532) Ǥ 43 12
Zenfield File Manager (3.9@956) Ǥ 8 3 LastUpdate: 2019-11-29
File Manager(Material) (3.7@613) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-06-27
lrkFM (3.6@5) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-11-07 Github
Dual File Manager XT (3.5@4,313) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2017-03-14 zip/gzip/tar, streaming, img preview, …
File Manager File Explorer (3.3@255,857) Ǥ 27 20 Phone & Tablet optimized
Root Browser (2@147,295) Ǥ 13 21 / Root Browser (File Manager) (4.6@80; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 8 1 LastUpdate: 2022-04-02
File Manager (Beta) (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-06-16 Github
FileManagerSphere (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-07-31 Github
Little File Explorer (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; minimalistic file manager
File Explorer (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Toolboxes with integrated file managers

2025-03-15

Advanced Tools (4.1@2,317) Ǥ 22 2 / Advanced Tools Pro (4.8@325; ~EUR 4.00) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Ultra Explorer [Root Browser] (3.7@877) 16 3 LastUpdate: 2018-10-27

File manager supporting all local file systems & LAN

2025-03-12

Woopiti (5@165) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2020-03-06 incl. WebDAV, Cloud etc.
Cx File Explorer (4.8@296,331) Ǥ 21 2 local, network & cloud
MiXplorer Silver File Manager (4.6@3,539; ~EUR 6.00) 24 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Droid Explorer (4.5@321) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2015-01-26 Multi-Tab; FTP; App-Manager
Total Commander - file manager (4.4@214,955) Ǥ 23 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Plugins for LAN, FTP, WebDAV
AntTek Explorer (4.4@10,426) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2016-03-04 Phone & Tablet optimized
Material Files (4.4@5,706) Ǥ 15 2 Github
FV File Manager (4.4@4,863) Ǥ 45 4 / FV File Pro (4.4@244; ~EUR 3.50) Ǥ 27 1
File Manager (4.4@22) Ǥ 29 5 LastUpdate: 2022-07-01 with storage analyzer, cloud storage & more
X-plore File Manager (4.3@253,065) Ǥ 26 3 Video Howto 11/2016; how to batch actions 5/2022; incl. DLNA explorer; Phone & Tablet optimized
AndroXplorer File Manager (4.3@11,215) 8 LastUpdate: 2015-02-02 SMB; Phone & Tablet optimized
Far On Droid (4.3@1,876) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-24 Github
File Manager Plus (4.3@320) Ǥ 9 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-30
File Manager by Lufick (4.2@18,675) Ǥ 23 3
Ghost Commander (4.2@15,036) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SMB plugin for Ghost Commander (new) (1@59) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-08-05 Review 7/2019; 2 Panels, ftp, smb, read zip, edit txt, send file via BT, root operations, …
File Manager (4.2@8,158) Ǥ 14 7 LastUpdate: 2020-03-31 local, SMB, cloud, FTP/WebDAV, app manager
Computer File Explorer (4.1@88,170) Ǥ 13 5
Oojao Files Manager (4.1@1,383) Ǥ 13 5
ASTRO File Manager & Cleaner (4@633,249) Ǥ 22 3 SFTP/SMB/Bluetooth
Solid Explorer (Trial) (4@49,923) 9 10 LastUpdate: 2017-06-18 / Solid Explorer Classic Unlock (3.7@11,449; ~EUR 4.00) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-08-09 Video Walk-Through 3/2019; Phone & Tablet optimized
Helios File Manager (4@3,685) Ǥ 11 6
Open Explorer Beta (4@2,459) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-24
Amaze File Manager (3.8@12,670) Ǥ 16 1 / Amaze File Utilities (3.7@651) 22 1 Github; Review & Tutorial 5/2019; Review 8/2017 | 11/2019; open-source
N Files - File Manager (3.6@548) 12 5 LastUpdate: 2021-08-16
FX File Explorer (3.5@77,000) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-04-23 / File Explorer (Root Add-On) (3.7@14) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-07-28 / FX File Explorer: Plus License (4.1@3,575; ~EUR 3.25) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-19 Kurzvorstellung 1/2016; bt,smb,ftp,ssh
FireFiles (1.8@81) 9 4 LastUpdate: 2021-06-17 Github
Round Sync - Rclone for Android (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
RCX - Rclone for Android (0@0) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2022-12-22 Github

WebDAV File Manager

2025-03-12

WebDAV plugin-Total Commander (4.3@2,162) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
WebDAV for Ghost Commander (3.4@268) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-11-20
WebDAV Navigator Lite (2.6@423) 12 4 LastUpdate: 2021-03-05 / WebDAV Navigator (3.5@211; ~EUR 2.00) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2023-09-06

MultiCloud-Manager

2025-03-11

+Storage (5@3,101) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-22 cloud & own computer
Woopiti (5@165) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2020-03-06 incl. WebDAV, Cloud etc.
SanDisk Memory Zone (4.5@164,807) Ǥ 25 6 SugarSync, Box, Picasa, Dropbox, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Facebook (FAQ)
Koofr: The Cloud Storage (4@982) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Koofr account required
My Passport Wireless (3.5@96,891) Ǥ 18 4 LastUpdate: 2022-10-19
Cloud Browser (3.3@224) Ǥ 9 6 LastUpdate: 2020-01-27
Otixo (3.1@798) Ǥ 16 3 LastUpdate: 2020-02-01 remote file-manager for 28 popular clouds (Google Drive, Dropbox, Facebook, OneDrive, FTP, ownCloud, etc.).

File Manager for Amazon S3 Cloud

2025-03-12

BucketAnywhere for S3 (3.8@283) Ǥ 11 1 / BucketAnywherePro for S3 (3.7@51; ~EUR 4.75) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Various file managers

2025-03-12

PowerGrasp file manager (4.3@3,518) Ǥ 8 5 LastUpdate: 2019-03-09 Archiver & Cloud Support
Simple File Manager (4.1@21,229) Ǥ 9 9 Github
Local Storage (4.1@53) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-16 Github; Intro 10/2016; provides other apps access to files on external/internal storage
Lollipop File Manager (4@3,246) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2015-07-09 root support
AnExplorer Share File Transfer (3.8@5,725) Ǥ 18 3 / AnExplorer Pro File Transfer (4.3@1,413; ~EUR 30.00) 17 1 Github / Github
EgoSecure Encryption Anywhere (3.2@254) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2021-08-22 file manager w/ encryption; files & folders, incl. cloud
Leaf Explorer (3@6) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-12-26 Github; with Media and NearbyShare functionality
TagSpaces - Just files (2.7@45) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; organize, tag and browse your files, photos and documents
Simple Explorer (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-30 ZIP/RAR/root and more; Github; XDA
FileManagerUtils (0@0) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-02-11 Github; enhance Android’s built-in file manager
File Explorer (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-09-29 Github; with java/kotlin compiler (IDE)

A quite specific file manager is AROMA, which can be used in recovery mode.

File Managers remote from PC

2025-03-15

WebSharingLite (File Manager) (4.4@5,831) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-23 / WebSharing File/Media Sync (1@1,807; ~EUR 3.00) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-23
File Manager (4.2@8,158) Ǥ 14 7 LastUpdate: 2020-03-31 local, SMB, cloud, FTP/WebDAV, app manager
AirDroid: File & Remote Access (3.8@632,744) Ǥ 81 6
WiFi File Explorer (3.4@5,363) Ǥ 11 2 LastUpdate: 2019-11-24 / WiFi File Explorer PRO (4.4@4,023; ~EUR 1.00) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2019-04-08

Also see: Manage your Android Device from your Computer

Further Readings:

6 of the Best Android File Manager Apps (8/2019 - 2/2022)
9 File Managers for Android – No ADS! (4/2019 - 6/2021)
Amaze File Manager vs MiXplorer vs OI File Manager (4/2019 - 7/2021)
Best Android file explorer apps, file browser apps, and file manager apps (3/2019 - 5/2022)
ES File Explorer is loaded with garbage, here are 4 better alternatives (10/2016 - 11/2020)
The 7 Best Free File Explorers for Android (1/2016 - 10/2022)
6 File Manager Apps for iOS and Android (4/2014 - 2/2023)
Best Free Android File Manager Apps (2/2014 - 11/2020)
8 Best file manager apps for Android (1/2014 - 7/2023)
Die besten Dateimanager für Android (10/2013 - 5/2021)
Best file manager apps for Android (10/2013 - 5/2022)

2025-03-17

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