Files by Google

4.6
7.9M reviews
1B+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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.
Updated on
Mar 17, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted
Independent security review

Ratings and reviews

4.6
7.67M reviews
Randy Abrams
March 14, 2024
I gave it a second star because it hasn't crashed. As long as you have no technical abilities it might be ok. It's not a file manager, it's a Windows 8 start menu wanna be. I'm response to the dev comment. If I have to sign in to give you feedback, it isn't worth it. There's no file tree. It's a shiny toy. I should downgrade it to one start since it's useless and can't be removed. Utter junk. Add a fine the and it *might* be worth having in the phone. It's 100% wasted space.
15 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
March 14, 2024
Hi Randy! Looks like you had an unpleasant experience with the app. Please let us know if there's any specific feedback you'd like to share to help us improve through this form g.co/help/filesbygoogle. Thanks!
Moshe Uminer
March 14, 2024
This app is abominally slow. On my pixel 6, it can easily take 30 seconds for the downloads folder to load (meanwhile it just shows a loading icon). Using another app it would be instant. Edit: to clarify, I did fill out the form linked here in the response to my review. But as of the time of writing this edit (3/14/24) the issue still persists.
17 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
February 7, 2024
Hi Moshe. Please share more details about the issue such as file type, tab used to access files etc through this form g.co/help/filesbygoogle for us to investigate further. Thanks.
Combination Fried Rice
March 5, 2024
As a file explorer, you'd expect it to handle large amounts of files. This app apparently can't. It's incredibly slow and unresponsive despite only ~34% of my phone's storage used. Other third party apps are quicker, more responsive, and have the same functionality as this app. It feels as if Google is dropping the ball on a multitude of their apps, unfortunately including this one.
63 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
March 6, 2024
Hi there. Please let us know if there's any specific feedback you'd like to share to help us improve through this form g.co/help/filesbygoogle. Thanks.

What's new

We’ve moved things around to create more space and make it easier for you to find your files.
- You can now clean up unwanted files from the menu next to your search bar.
- We are also simplifying how to share files using Nearby Share: select a file, then tap Share > Nearby Share. To receive files, go to your Android Settings and turn on Nearby Share Visibility.