Files by Google

4.6
8.02M reviews
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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 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.
Updated on
Jun 23, 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
7.78M reviews
Victoria Rice
June 17, 2024
Update: the app was updated, which is when the problem started. Clearing the storage as described worked. Heads up to anyone needing to do the same at any point. I didn't have anything in my safe folder, which is good because I couldn't have seen what they were & move them in the app. I didn't have any issues until I finally decided to update the app after putting it off. Now if I click on any of the folders the content won't load, so I can't access anything on my phone through this app.
85 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
June 17, 2024
Regret the inconvenience. Please update your app and try again. If you still experience issues, clearing the app storage may help: Open Settings > Apps > Files by Google > Storage & cache > Clear Storage. Important: Clearing app storage deletes files in the Safe Folder. Move your files out of the Safe Folder before clearing storage. Thanks!
David King
June 11, 2024
This used to be a 5 star rating until recently. I really liked this app until recently, its not working properly. I open the app & I can see all the different directories/folders. I can even see the previews at the top of the screen (i.e. 4 pictures in the camera preview (aka "Recents") area. And they are the most recent files in each of those categories. But now, when I click on a category, it doesn't do anything. I just get a spinning circle in the middle of the screen. Please fix this.
151 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
June 12, 2024
Regret the inconvenience, David. Please update your app and try again. If you still experience issues, clearing the app storage may help: Open Settings > Apps > Files by Google > Storage & cache > Clear Storage. Important: Clearing app storage deletes files in the Safe Folder. Move your files out of the Safe Folder before clearing storage. Thanks!
Jay
June 14, 2024
It suddenly stopped letting me view any of my files. Just an endless loading screen. I'm beyond annoyed. (5/30/24) EDIT (6/14/24) "Update and clear app storage"? Do you really think I didn't already try that multiple times? It doesn't help at all for me or any of the other people who I saw also experiencing this issue. Perhaps the Google team should invest its time into repairing critical bugs like this that affect tons of their user base.
32 people found this review helpful
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Google LLC
June 14, 2024
Regret the inconvenience. Please update your app and try again. If you still experience issues, clearing the app storage may help: Open Settings > Apps > Files by Google > Storage & cache > Clear Storage. Important: Clearing app storage deletes files in the Safe Folder. Move your files out of the Safe Folder before clearing storage. Thanks!

What's new

When you scan a document, it’s saved in your device’s Scanned folder.
“Documents & other” category is now called “Documents” to make it easier to find PDF files. Other files, like backup and database files, can be found in “Downloads” or “Internal storage”.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll roll out search improvements like recently opened files, quick results, and dropdown filters to make finding files even easier.