Solid Explorer File Manager

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.2
148K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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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
Updated on
7 Apr 2025

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.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance and Device or other IDs
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

Ratings and reviews

4.2
136K reviews
Pete Phillips
3 March 2025
This was a very good file manager, but the search function for smb mounted drives no longer works. If I search for a file on an smb mounted drives, I just get the spinning circle. This was a recent change (over the winter) - before this I would have said this was definitely the best file manager I've used, but this change is problematic. Just tried EX file explorer and RS file explorer and they can search my smb mounts fine. I've sent multiple emails to the author with no response.
6 people found this review helpful
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Matthew Eskuchen
11 February 2025
I've been using SolidExplorer for years, and LOVE(d) it! Now, deducting 1 star for every crash, reboot, reinstall I go through without support. It took some getting used to the left and right panels, but once I figured that out, no going back. Lately (2024), I've been having app-breaking issues. No idea what causes them, but when it locks up, there's no returning without rebooting the phone. I've had to reboot it uninstall and re-install the app 4 or 5 times. Emailed the dev the last time.
50 people found this review helpful
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Noble Ray
15 March 2025
This stupid app hasn't implemented basic auto saving of text documents. And it has its own text editor! If you write something for hours or been editing a text using the SE Editor; then minimised this app for some reason; and if the system decides to clear this app's cache: then it bugs the option to save your text. Dear Developer, Please implement a fail-safe in your SE Editor for users who have turned on the Android's - Don't Keep Activities. Or it won't be a reliable text editor.
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What's new

v2.8.58/59/60
- Shizuku support - access to Android/data and Android/obb folders
- minor fixes

v2.8.57
- minor fixes

v2.8.56
- FTPS client improvements