NTFS drive reader for Android

Open NTFS, exFAT and ext4 drives in the Files app

Plug a drive from Windows, a camera or Linux into your phone and open it in the Files app you already use. NtfsForge adds the drive to Android's file picker, so any app that can open a file can open one from the drive. No root, no ads, no account.

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No root
No ads
No account
Nothing uploaded
One-time Pro
English & Español

Reads

Your drive, right in the Files app

USB flash drives, external SSDs and hard drives, and SD cards in a USB card reader, with or without a partition table.

Format	Where you find it	Writing
NTFS	The format of most Windows and external hard drives	ProAdd, change, rename, move and delete; format a drive as NTFS
exFAT	Most USB sticks, SD cards and cameras	FreeAdd, change, rename, move and delete; reformat a drive as exFAT
FAT32, FAT	Older sticks, cards and cameras	FreeAdd, change, rename, move and delete
ext4, ext3, ext2	Linux drives	Read onlyLinux drives are never written to

What it does

Free to read. Pro is one purchase.

Most phones can't write to NTFS drives. Pro can, with no subscription, on every drive you connect.

Free Everyone

Browse and search the drive in the Files app
Open photos, videos, music and documents straight from the drive, in any app that uses Android's file picker
Copy files and folders to your phone
Add, change, rename, move and delete files on exFAT and FAT drives, from the Files app
Reformat a drive as exFAT, which most phones, Windows and Mac read and write with no extra app
Eject the drive before you unplug it

Pro One purchase

Add, change, rename, move and delete files and folders on NTFS drives, from the Files app
Format a drive as NTFS

Careful by design

Read-only until you turn writing on

A drive stays read-only until you turn writing on for it and accept the terms
Writing stays off on write-protected drives, and on drives that weren't closed properly until Windows has checked them
Linux drives are never written to
Files Windows compressed can be opened and copied but not changed; files Windows encrypted can't be opened
Reformatting shows the drive's name and size, says plainly that everything on it will be erased, and waits for you to confirm. Real progress, never a fake bar, and the result is checked
Back up anything you can't lose before you write to a drive

Private

Your files never leave your phone

NtfsForge opens no network connection of its own: no analytics, no tracking, nothing uploaded. The internet permission is only for Google Play's purchase. Android asks you to allow USB access for each drive.

The details are in the privacy policy.

What you need

Before you start

A phone that supports USB OTG (most do), and an adapter or cable if the drive's plug doesn't fit
Android 10 or newer
The phone's own microSD slot isn't reached; put the card in a USB reader

English and Spanish. Questions? See Support.

Plug in your drive and open it like any folder.

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