Editing File manager (section)

{{Short description|Computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems}}
{{redirect-distinguish|File Manager|Windows File Manager}}
{{redirect-distinguish|file browser|file viewer}}
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A '''file manager''' or '''file browser''' is a [[computer program]] that provides a [[user interface]] to manage [[computer files|files]] and [[folder (computing)|folders]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Computer Language Encyclopedia |title=Definition: File manager |url=https://www.computerlanguage.com/results.php?definition=File%20Manager | access-date=June 9, 2023}}</ref>  The most common [[Computer file#Operations|operations]] performed on files or groups of files include creating, opening (e.g. [[file viewer|viewing]], playing, editing or [[computer printer|printing]]), renaming, [[file copying|copying]], [[Computer file#Moving methods|moving]], [[file deletion|deleting]] and searching for files, as well as modifying [[file attribute]]s, properties and [[file permissions]]. [[Folder (computing)|Folders]] and files may be displayed in a [[tree structure|hierarchical tree]] based on their [[directory structure]].