############# File Explorer ############# The **File Explorer** pane is a built-in filesystem and directory browser allowing you to view and filter files and their properties, open them with the :doc:`editor` or an external tool, and perform common management tasks (varies by platform). .. image:: images/file_explorer/file_explorer_standard.png :alt: Spyder File Explorer panel, showing a tree view of files and metadata | ========================== Performing file operations ========================== You can use context menus to access a number of functions on a per-file and per-directory basis, including running scripts, creating, renaming, moving, editing or deleting files, performing basic operations with ``git``, and (on Windows) opening an external file explorer. .. image:: images/file_explorer/file_explorer_contextmenu_new.png :align: center :alt: File Explorer context menu, with common file manipulation tasks | Related components ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * :doc:`editor` * :doc:`findinfiles` * :doc:`projects`