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Use the Files by Google app for your downloads Several Android file manager apps on the Google Play Store allow you to locate your downloaded files.

But although Android has a perfectly fine file system, it doesn’t come with a file management tool. The solution, of course, is to download and install one. [Have a tech question?

Right: My Files on a Galaxy S10 Plus. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET By far the easiest way to find downloaded files on Android is to look in your app drawer for an app called Files or My Files.