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File manager
Admin Dog, Dec 12, 2019 at 06:20, edited
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A feature for viewing, moving, selecting, and deleting all downloaded/cached items (files, media, etc.) in one place, perhaps under Storage Usage in the app's Settings. This can also be enhanced with rich filtering by file type. 

Use cases

Searching for specific file extensions like .mp3 to quickly share them outside Telegram.

Workaround

Using the Shared Media tab in every chat.

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Deleted Account Apr 25, 2021
Tynach
Most people stick to what's on their device (especially since most devices are not meant to be able to have a custom ROM installed on them), or find one from the play store. And while the play store *does* have many file managers available, most of those are also spyware and/or adware. I know LG's variation of Android comes with one, and while I'm not really sure, I think I've heard that Samsung's does too. Outside of that, I don't know of any common variants of Android that come with one (where 'common' means, "likely to be installed on a non-technical person's device"). It might be that, due to manufacturers preinstalling one, a majority of Android users have one... But even in that case, the percentage of Android users who *don't* have one is likely extremely high, even if still below the 50% line. And personally, I'm willing to bet that more than 50% of Android users *don't* have one.
Samsung has a very good file manager!
So does Sony. Asus. Xiaomi phones and pocos. Sony's default file manager that comes with it, is total commander. Which is available on play store too!!!
I don't know a brand that has a ui that doesn't offer any file manager pre installed.
Tynach Apr 26, 2021
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Samsung has a very good file manager! So does Sony. Asus. Xiaomi phones and pocos. Sony's default file manager that comes with it, is total commander. Which is available on play store too!!! I don't know a brand that has a ui that doesn't offer any file manager pre installed.
Well, I know that none of the Nexus phones ever did, and the original Pixel phone did not either. I suspect Pixel phones after that also haven't either.
Andrew Aug 24, 2021
Tynach
To be fair, Android does not come with a file manager (except for some customized versions from various manufacturers). I can see this being a legitimate suggestion for the Android version.
Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi alredy have great ones.
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Bruh Almost all well-known android ROMs have efficient file managers. And playstore is full of them as well.
LineageOS' terrible. Also, most file managers for Android are closed-source, and I could say none of the open source ones are really good.
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LineageOS' terrible. Also, most file managers for Android are closed-source, and I could say none of the open source ones are really good.
"Material Files" is an open source file manager made by an actual Android developer who works at Google on the Android Core Framework team

Perhaps the problem isn't so much a lack of open source file managers, but you looking in the wrong place (playstore). If you really wanted to find open source app, look in f-droid instead.

Not only that, but android has had a built-in file manager at least since v6.0
Harshil Jul 6, 2023
This can be closed since a recent Telegram update allows to see exactly this (but no filtering by content type)
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Rudy Suhardy Sidua Nov 8, 2025
Harshil
This can be closed since a recent Telegram update allows to see exactly this (but no filtering by content type)
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