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 Nearby 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 Nearby 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

The 'Clean' feature; It's like having a mini AI assistant in your pocket. You got duplicates, memes, blurry shots clogging up your phone? Bam, 'Clean' swoops in and tosses it out. It's slick, it's intuitive, and man, does it make life easier.The interface is so user-friendly, even my 85 year old grandma could use it. And let me tell you, it's not just about decluttering – it about keeping your most frequently used tool streamlined and efficient.

I can manage my workload files so much easier with this app. When I produce digital software made music tracks, this gives me a safe haven to store what I produce, and easily find it again when I am ready to pursue the project again. It also makes sharing much easier or uploading on some website, as the UI tags the file types for easier access and location.

The app does it's job. Wish it would just clean up all the extra's without having to do it myself. It will ask you, after you have saved your documents and pics, if you would like to delete them to make space. Well usually this isn't a problem, but when I had 2 downloaded audio files for a money making project I was trying to finish. Sadly, I didn't get paid because after deleting my saved files, only 1 audio was saved and the other one I couldn't find anywhere! 🤬

What's new

We are testing advanced search capabilities to make finding files easy. If you have Smart Search in app Settings, try the new search using:
- Text from images and PDFs
- Location & objects from images
- Artist, album and title from audio & video
View images in Ultra HDR for phones supporting it
See files received with Nearby Share grouped in Recents, Downloads and other categories