Here are five free file explorers for Windows if you don't want to use the one that comes installed

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Many times locating a file on our computer becomes a more complicated task than one might initially expect. Luckily we have a powerful tool such as File Explorer, a type of utility for me that is essential on almost any device and the absence of which always causes me more than a headache when dealing with iOS."

Windows File Explorer works great but sometimes we may be looking for something else or simply not convinced by its use.That is why we have reviewed some of the alternatives that we consider most interesting to this tool that we use practically every day.

WizFile

We begin this review with an alternative and free application such as WizFile. It offers almost all the functions that we can expect in an application of this type and offers the advantage of having a very simple interface, without complicated options.

We can use it both to locate files on our Windows computer or on any other unit that we have connected physically or on the network. In searches we can make use of different filters and indexing.

Download | WizFile

Explorer ++

The second in the list responds to the name of Explorer ++. It is a file manager or explorer that allows the use of different tabs simultaneously in order to improve and optimize searches.

Using them, we can move or copy folders or files between them, as well as combine files, delete them securely or divide them. To improve security, it also offers the option of locking tabs and thus we avoid unwanted accidents.

Download | Explorer ++

Everything

We continue the review and we do it with Everything, another free file explorer for Windows. One of the most affordable alternatives in terms of the use it offers and that will allow us to find any file or folder on our computer thanks to an elementary but effective interface

Everything offers the possibility of diving through our directory tree and to improve results and help us save time has a powerful search filterso that we find the file we are looking for in less time.

Download | Everything

Better Explorer

It is another of the free alternatives on this list. One of the best known and most powerful, since it includes, as in Explorer ++, the option to carry out searches in different tabs (either on the computer itself or on connected devices) to save time.

We can exchange the files that we have located in the different tabs, as well as offering the option to delete them or copy them to the clipboard.Also, if we are not sure about the content of the file, provides a preview before opening it

Download | Better Explorer

Double Commander

We finished the review of free alternatives to File Explorer with Double Commander, which again returns to opt for the tabbed system to improve usability compared to the default Windows 10.

Double Commander also contains a powerful and easy-to-use file editor that is enhanced by the option to drag and drop files when we want to move thembetween folders. And all with a learning curve that is not at all high.

Download | Double Commander