Root Explorer

4.12.9

Speed Software

4.00

30,922 reviews

1,000,000+
Downloads

$4.99

The ultimate file manager for rooted devices. The original and still the best.

About Root Explorer

Root Explorer is a productivity app developed by Speed Software.

How many times has Root Explorer been downloaded?

Root Explorer has been downloaded 1 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times. It is ranked in the top 100 productivity apps.

What is the rating of Root Explorer?

Root Explorer is rated 4.00 out of 5 stars, based on 31 thousand ratings.

Is Root Explorer free?

Root Explorer costs $4.99 to download. The APK download size is 6.72 MB. The latest version available is 4.12.9. The last update was on February 10, 2026.

What are the requirements for Root Explorer?

Root Explorer requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play before 2010.

Description

Root Explorer is the ultimate file manager for root users. Access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!).

Features include multiple tabs, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox and network (SMB) support, SQLite database viewer, Text Editor, create and extract zip or tar/gzip files, extract rar archives, multi-select, execute scripts, search, remount, permissions, bookmarks, send files (via email, bluetooth etc), image thumbnails, APK binary XML viewer, change file owner/group, create symbolic link, "Open With" facility, MD5, create shortcuts.

For fast, friendly support simply email us: support@speedsoftware.co.uk

We will always try to help with any problem you may have with the app. If we can't help then you can have a refund, no questions asked.

Although 22,000+ five star ratings will tell you that most people are very satisfied customers. Make sure you read as many comments as possible to get a good idea of what most people think of the app.

We still respect the old 24 hour refund policy. So if you're not happy with the app just email us within 24 hours and you can have a refund. We'll need to know the order number, which you can find on the emails sent to you by Google when you downloaded.

Why compromise? Get the original and the best!

New permissions:

Full network access - Required for network and cloud access. No information is passed to us over the internet.

Add or remove accounts - Used by the Google Drive SDK to add a new account if desired. No changes are made to existing accounts and no details accessed apart from the account name.

Find accounts on the device - Used to list available accounts for logging into Google Drive.

Prevent from sleeping - Used to stop the device sleeping during long operations so they are not interrupted.

Recent changes:
Fix for recent Dropbox issue (SDK version updated)

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More data about Root Explorer

Price	$4.99
Total downloads	1 million
Recent downloads	0
Rating	4.00 based on 31 thousand ratings
Ranking	Highly ranked
Version	4.12.9
APK size	6.72 MB
Number of libraries	26
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Comments on Root Explorer for Android

★★★★★ Garry Robano · Oct 30, 2023

Best Root Explorer app. 1st app I install Been using for past 10+ years 👍👍👍

★★★★★ Jonathan Gluff · Jan 17, 2025

Even without root access, this is still one of the best file browsers on Android.

★★★★★ Juan Jaime · Dec 25, 2023

Been using this app for years (2010) And whether your rooted or not this has a lot of usefulness. Especially if you're rooted.

★★★★★ Shivaram Selvam · Jul 17, 2025

Great app with a low memory footprint. Any chance of including support for RAR files? Thanks.

★☆☆☆☆ Testeez Duhnutz · Sep 4, 2024

won't rename files on sdcard says to allow to write permission. Then says to press button to allow in setting. Then glitches and shows store root explorer app main page. Android 14.

★☆☆☆☆ Fleik Fries · Jul 23, 2025

If Google Drive support was just removed, please take all the references out of your app description that say you have Google Drive support. Thanks!

★★☆☆☆ anon machina · Sep 10, 2025

20250910 This file manager STILL lacks the ability to display thumbnails of .webp files...in 2025...dispiriting. 20250909 Whenever I copy-paste a name to an image file (that apparently has an invalid character?) I end up with a question mark in place of said character, and I cannot rename (nor view) the image file. Oddly, I can view and rename the file when I connect my phone to my WIN blows 10 computer. I can also view and rename the file...in another ANDROID file manager.

Google Play Rankings for Root Explorer

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
111	Indonesia	Overall	Top Paid
81	Indonesia	Applications	Top Paid
49	United States	Productivity	Top Paid
49	Germany	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Austria	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Belgium	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Switzerland	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Czech Republic	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Denmark	Productivity	Top Paid
25	Indonesia	Productivity	Top Paid

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Technologies used by Root Explorer

Root Explorer is requesting 18 permissions and is using 26 libraries.
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