Guide · 1B Files
1B Files user guide
Everything the app does, explained with real tasks: finding a file, freeing up space, sending photos to your computer or hiding documents in the safe folder. Names in bold are exactly what you see in the app.
Written for 1B Files 1.0 on Android 11 or later, with real screenshots and example files.
Chapters
Read them in order or jump to what you need. Each chapter stands on its own.
- Chapter 1
Getting started
Allow access to your files, the home screen, choosing its tiles, search and settings.
- Chapter 2
Browse and organise
Folders, selecting, copying and moving, files that already exist, deleting with undo and two panes.
- Chapter 3
Free up space
Suggestions of what to delete, reviewing duplicates, storage analysis, apps and the trash.
- Chapter 4
ZIP and archives
Making a ZIP, protecting it with a password, looking inside archives and extracting them.
- Chapter 5
Rename and edit
Renaming many files at once, editing text, checksums and opening with other apps.
- Chapter 6
Safe folder
Moving files to the safe folder, opening it with your fingerprint or PIN, and how it's protected.
- Chapter 7
Servers and cloud
Adding a server, the first SFTP connection, copying files both ways and cloud folders.
- Chapter 8
Access from PC
Turning on access, using it from the computer's browser and using it safely.
- Chapter 9
Common problems
Permissions, Android/data, SD and USB, recovering files, space, access from PC, servers and the safe folder.
Common tasks
Private by design
Your files stay on your phone
No account, no ads and no tracking. Files only leave the phone when you share them, copy them to your own server or turn on access from your computer.