# File Manager Light

> Explore, create, search, copy, delete, rename, zip, preview, backup etc. files.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drazic.filemanager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drazic.filemanager)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.drazic.filemanager`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DIng
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 662,358
- **Rating:** 4.47 / 5 (2,062 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-07
- **First published:** 2014-01-03
- **Publisher country:** HR
- **Size:** 7.62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drazic.filemanager)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://ding-android.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-ding-built-file-manager.html](http://ding-android.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy-ding-built-file-manager.html)

## Description

File Manager Light is a compact and efficient file management tool designed for Android devices including phones, tablets, and phablets. With just 2MB in size, it offers essential file operations such as exploring, creating, copying, cutting, deleting, renaming, and zipping files and folders quickly and easily.

This extension supports previewing multiple file formats like PDFs, MP3s, text files, images (bmp, jpg, png), audio (mp3, ogg, wav), video (avi, mp4, wmv), and documents (doc, ppt, xls). Users can extract ZIP and RAR archives, sort files by name, type, or size, and search through directories. Additional features include showing hidden files, backing up apps to an SD card, displaying running processes, and customizing the app's appearance. File Manager Light provides a simple, fast, and powerful file organization experience for all Android users.

## Rankings

- #86,078 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users broadly like File Manager Light for its simple, easy-to-use interface and overall positive sentiment. However, several reviews report stability problems (crashes, blank pages, forced stops) and missing essential features: moving files, renaming with a different extension, and easier memory card transfer. Some users also note storage-detection errors (reports storages as empty), and a few call the app outdated or fake. Overall mixed: strong praise for simplicity, with notable reliability and feature gaps.

### Pros

- Simple, easy-to-use interface.
- Generally positive reception; reviewers say it's good and meets expectations.
- Some users express strong satisfaction (e.g., 'I love it', 'it's what I always wanted').

### Cons

- Stability and reliability issues: crashes, force closes, and blank pages.
- Cannot move files / basic file operations are limited.
- Lacks ability to rename to change file extension (change file format).
- Memory card transfer/management is not easy or lacks necessary features.
- Storage access/detection can report storages as empty.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.drazic.filemanager)