Files by Google

Google LLC

About this app

✨ Free up space on your device with cleaning recommendations
🔍 Find files faster with search and simple browsing
↔️ Quickly share files offline with Quick Share
☁️ Back up files to the cloud to save space on your device
🔒 Secure your files with a non-device lock

Free up space
Easily see how much space is left on your device, SD card and USB drive. Free up space by finding old photos from chat apps, duplicate files, clearing cache, and more.

Find files faster
Save time looking for photos, videos, and documents on your phone. Search quickly or browse your GIFs or share that video you downloaded recently. Sort files by size to understand what’s taking up space.

Fast & secure file sharing
Share photos, videos, apps, and more to Android and Chromebook devices around you with Quick Share. Files transfer quickly, with speeds up to 480 Mbps, even without an internet connection. Transfers are private and secured with end-to-end encryption.

Secure your files
Keep your sensitive files safe with a PIN or pattern that can be different from your device lock.

Play offline media
Listen to your music or watch your videos with advanced controls like playback speed, shuffle, and more.

Back up files
Move your files to Google Drive or an SD card to save space on your device. You can also share to other cloud storage apps on your device.

Get smart recommendations
Get helpful suggestions to save space, protect your device, and more. Your recommendations get smarter the more you use the app.

It’s efficient and effective
The Files by Google app uses less than 20 MB of storage on your device, it’s easy to use, and has no ads.

Ratings and reviews

This app is darn near garbage. You used to be able to access your Google drive accounts and move files between them and your phone and now you can't thanks to what they call an upgrade. You used to be able to clean up your Google photos and now you can't. Thanks again to what they call another upgrade. Now they've given you a list of your folders ("Simplified") and they just show your files in them instead of the directory structure. If I wanted an iPhone I would have bought one.

Overall it is a great files app it's easy to edit thing and get rid of things. There are no ads. um the only thing is I found myself deleting a lot of pictures and videos because the storage is a little tight. you can pay for more storage but the free version that I have doesn't have a ton of space.

App would be a five star if you could make it clear cache of apps that is not needed on phone. Only thing I have missed from my Samsung as it has a widget that did that to help the memory and keep phone running better. Could use it easily. Just a suggestion 😉 On this date 04/29/21, I am adding to review that since last update it freezes when using the cleaning suggestions. Not good at all. 7/2/26. I am dropping stars to 3. It has started to not let the clear button for junk not work.

What’s new

- UI enhancements for better user experience
- Bug fixes