Disk Map

Purpose This feature shows overview of selected storage system, sorted by consumed size. Storage is usually one disk (Internal device storage, or removable SD card) or other logical storage that has some fixed total space, and files in it that consume the space. The purpose of this view is to determine which files consume most […]

Restore purchase

You may get to situation when you donated (purchased in-app items), but X-plore doesn’t know about this and asks for donation again.This happens occasionally on devices with multiple Google accounts, and Google Play store doesn’t handle this situation well. Fast fix Open system Apps settings Find Google Play Store Under its Storage settings click the […]

Donations

Possibility to donate in X-plore serves two purposes: Your free will to appreciate the developer’s effort to work on this application and provide it for free Use some of the premium features that you enjoy, which require payment X-plore offers most of its features completely for free. This keeps one developer busy each working day, […]

Root mode

X-plore allows you to access files on device in root mode.You may learn about rooting Android device here. In root mode, you can read and modify all files on your device, even protected ones. If root access doesn’t work If you see information in X-plore that your device seems to be not rooted, there are more […]

SSH Protocol

SSH protocol is protocol allowing secure access to remote server. The communication is encrypted using Private-key cryptography. SSH server is preinstalled on many Linux computers/servers, and SSH server applications exist also for other operating systems such as Windows or Android. This means that X-plore can access these remote computers and work with them over secure SSH channels. […]

WiFi sharing with Tasker

Here is short manual how to automatically enable WiFi sharing when connecting to your WLAN, using Tasker app. Download and install Tasker, and start it. Switch to Tasks tab, you need to create two tasks there, one for WiFi sharing on, other for off. For this, click the + button at bottom, type a name (such as “WiFi sharing […]

Bookmarks and favorites

There are two ways how to make shortcuts to your favorite folders. Both these ways do similar thing, but a bit differently, so they got names Bookmarks and Favorites, and are described here. Bookmarks Bookmarks is a collection of paths into some of your folders in any location (including remote locations). Bookmarks are accessible by configurable button in […]

Batch rename

Besides renaming single file, X-plore contains also tool for renaming multiple files. This is a powerful tool that allows to: Change name Change extension Change case of file name Move files into sub-folders Use various templates to build new file name To start the tool, select multiple files, then choose Rename function (from button or long-press menu). […]

X-plore in Web browser

This function allows you to access files on your Android device from a Web browser on a PC connected to same local network as your Android device (typically over WiFi). The goal is to completely manage files on your device comfortably from inside a web browser. This is closely related to WiFi file sharing function in X-plore. […]

Extracting from Zip

Can X-plore extract files from a Zip file? Certainly it can. Yet some users are confused why they can’t find dedicated Extract files function. X-plore can create Zip files, so obviously it can do the opposite. So here comes the way how to extract from Zip (or Rar, or 7zip): X-plore treats archives as kind of […]