Solid Explorer File Manager

NeatBytes

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Solid Explorer is a file management app inspired by the old school file commander applications. It will help you:
🗄️ Easily manage files in dual pane layout
🔐 Protect files with strong encryption
🖥️ Manage files on your cloud storage or NAS
☁️ Backup apps and files to any desired destination


Explore your device
Solid Explorer lets you navigate to files stored on your device and automatically organizes them into collections. You can view, delete, move, rename or share any files. It also allows you to quickly find the files you need through indexed search with filters.


Keep your files safe
Solid Explorer can protect selected files with strong AES encryption and put them in a secure folder, which contents are unreadable for other apps. The file manager will ask for password or fingerprint confirmation when you browse the folder. Even if you uninstall Solid Explorer, the files stay on your device and are still protected.


Analyze Storage
Although this file manager doesn’t feature a dedicated storage analyzer, you can find out which files take up most of space by going to folder properties of internal storage or SD card. You will find the information about the percentage of space each folder takes and the list of biggest files. You can also use search with a file size filter.


Organize remote files
Solid Explorer supports major network protocols and cloud providers to let you organize multiple remote file locations in one place. You can easily transfer files between cloud locations/servers just by dragging them from one panel to another.


Major feature list:

• Files management - main storage, SD card, USB OTG
• Cloud storage - easily connect and manage files on Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Owncloud, SugarSync, MediaFire, Yandex, Mega*
• NAS - support for major network protocols FTP, SFTP, SMB (Samba), WebDav
• File encryption - password and fingerprint protection
• Archives - support for ZIP, 7ZIP, RAR and TAR files
• Root explorer - browse system files if your device is rooted
• Indexed search - quickly find files on your device
• Analyze storage - manage files taking too much space on your device
• Organized collections - files categorized in Downloads, Recent,Photos, Videos, Music, Documents and Apps
• Internal image viewer, music player and text editor - for easier browsing on remote storages
• Batch rename - with support for naming patterns
• FTP Server - for accessing your local files from PC
• Themes and icon sets - rich customization options

Solid Explorer will also manage files on your Chromebook with support for mouse and keyboard input.

Useful links:
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeatBytes/
Translation: http://neatbytes.oneskyapp.com

* with paid add-on

Ratings and reviews

I used this app on many different phones and loved it so much it's the first app I install on a new one. With my latest phone I had trouble using the android/data folder. An update fixed this temporarily, but at some point it broke again. When Google Files pops up it doesn't open the correct folder that you have to grant permission to, making it impossible to do that as you also can't navigate manually to the correct place. This greatly diminishes the usability of the app to me.

I have been using this app for more than 3 years now, and I have to say it has been the cleanest and glitter free experience with a solid explorer so far. I have a premium version of this app, that comes at an appreciable price. I recommend Solid Explorer to anyone who wants smooth and features a rich file explorer. Kudos to the two developers and the team. Thankyou :)

Honestly this is one of the best file exploring programs ever made. It has all of the standard features and it also connects to gdrive, OneDrive, drop box, your home computer, etc. Well worth the full price. 1 critique: the Solid Image Bowser needs to be updated to show .webp gifs. Super solid experience otherwise. I paid full price years ago and it easily remains one of the best purchases I've ever made for Android since Samsung Galaxy S1.

What's new

2.8.36
- improved background file operation handling when notifications are disabled
- minor fixes

2.8.35
- added support for launcher icon theming

2.8.34
- fixed creating shortcuts from the widget menu
- minor fixes