Use Search Functionality: Both the default file manager and Files by Google app offer search functionality, allowing you to quickly locate specific files by name or file type.

The Files by Google app is one of the best file manager apps for Android users. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET If you don't like the default file manager app on your Android phone, or it doesn ...

Put your favorite apps front and center by customizing the default apps on your Android phone. A step-by-step guide to changing things up.

The pre-installed default apps on your phone are meant to perform basic functions–like opening an internet link, placing a call, or sending a text. On Android, you can change the default apps ...

Every Android smartphone comes with a built-in file manager app. These folders help you arrange your files and documents accordingly, and even move them. This is also the directory where you can ...

Yolanda Ortiz asked how she could create new folders and move photos into them on her Android tablet. In Windows, it’s all so easy. You’ve got File Explorer in Windows 8 and Windows Explorer ...

If you're not happy with the default file manager on your Android device, other options offer more features and improved interfaces.

Regretting the selection you made for a default app? In 6.0, the steps to change this setting for the browser, phone dialer, and SMS app are not as straightforward as previous versions.

Here is how to make your Android phone open nearly any file type be it audio, video, images, and documents.