Files (Google)

Short description: File management software

Files

Original author(s)| Google
Developer(s)| Google
Initial release| December 5, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-12-05)
Stable release(s)

1.0.434083132[1] / March 28, 2022; 4 years ago (2022-03-28)

Operating system| Android
Size| 13 MB[1]
Available in| 90 languages
Website| files.google.com

Files (formerly known as Files Go) is a file management app developed by Google for file browsing, media consumption, storage clean-up and offline file transfer. It was released by Google on December 5, 2017[2] with a custom version for China being released on May 30, 2018.[3]

On August 9, 2021, the app was updated to have the Material You design, with bigger buttons and labels, and support for Android 12's Dynamic Theming.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 1.1 Clean mode
* 1.2 Browse mode
* 1.3 Share mode
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Features

The app is currently only available on the Android operating system, and includes three tabs: Clean, Browse, and Share. On Google Pixel devices, the Share tab is found by clicking the menu button.

### Clean mode

This page identifies unused apps, large files, and duplicate files which users may no longer need. It can also notify the user when the storage is almost full.[5]

There is also a "Trash" feature, in which contents will be permanently deleted after 30 days.[6]

### Browse mode

This page displays recently accessed files on the top by folder, and multiple categories on the bottom such as: "Downloads", "Images", "Videos", "Audio", "Documents & Other", and "Apps".[citation needed]

It also includes a "Favorites" folder, a "Safe Folder" which protects files using a Pattern or a PIN,[7] as well as two buttons leading to "Internal storage" and "Other storage".

Alongside that, the app also has a media player/image viewer, and the ability to back up files to Google Drive.[8]

### Share mode

Files uses peer-to-peer sharing (powered by Nearby Share) to send and receive files or apps. It also uses encryption to keep shared contents private.[9]

## See also

* Files (Apple)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Files by Google - Apps on Google Play" (in en). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.nbu.files. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
2. ↑ Thuy Ong (2017-12-05). "Google's Files Go is now available globally". The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16737222/googles-files-go-available-globally. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
3. ↑ Thuy Ong (2018-05-30). "Google launches second app in China, woos top smartphone market". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-google/google-launches-second-app-in-china-woos-top-smartphone-market-idUSKCN1IW086. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
4. ↑ Bradshaw, Kyle (2021-08-09). "Files by Google beta offers early look at Material You redesign [Update: Dynamic colors"] (in en-US). https://9to5google.com/2021/08/09/files-by-google-material-you-redesign/.
5. ↑ "Get notifications to free up space". https://support.google.com/files/answer/9747186.
6. ↑ "Move files to Trash & restore files from Trash". https://support.google.com/files/answer/10607740.
7. ↑ "Making privacy personal with Files by Google". 2020-08-05. https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/making-privacy-personal-files-google/.
8. ↑ "Back up to Google Drive". https://support.google.com/files/answer/9849042.
9. ↑ "Send files or apps to people nearby". https://support.google.com/files/answer/7577382?hl=en.

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