Light File Explorer

T Bergkvist

About this app

Light File Explorer (LFE) is a file manager app. It shows files and folders at their actual location path starting at "/".
To use it, it is good to be a bit familiar with Android/*ux file system structure.

LFE provides many file operations:
- Open file (default, or force as text or image)
- Copy to
- Move to
- Rename
- Delete
- Compress & extract zip and gzip. No password support.
- Show checksum (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256)
- Show properties
- Share
- Compare folders
- Create new file and folder

It has a very extensive search function where, for example, it is possible to have two conditions on file/folder name.

It does not have any cloud/network functions, but with the "Share" file menu option, you can invoke any such apps/features supported on the device.

LFE can have multiple browse and search views, which one can quickly switch between.

LFE has an old school ui, where all actions are accessed via three pure textual menus:
- File/folder context menu, for file operations.
- View button context menu, for view related actions.
- Main menu for various actions.

Modest permission requirements - it only asks for the storage permission.
Free and no ads.
No user/usage data collection.
Uses 0 bytes wi-fi and mobile data.

Localization: English

Ratings and reviews

This is the best File Manager available for android.. It is very simple to use with clear and intuitive functionality and also very powerful. It has the best designed user interface and is also extremely fast. This is one of the best apps available for managing large data. Congratulations to the developer for designing such a superb tool.

takes too much time for cut pasting files, multiple selection should be easy.

Very light, simple and powerful. The only app I know that shows the size of folders.

What's new

New in 1.42:
- Rebuild to comply with newer API versions.
- Minor fixes.