# How do I update Samsung My Files? — Adinand Auto File Sorter Last reviewed: September 25, 2026. HTML version: https://adinandsorter.com/answers/update-samsung-my-files **Check the Galaxy Store's Updates list first, then the Play Store's — My Files is listed in both, and Samsung's own troubleshooting says to look in either.** Its crash guide puts it this way: "check for an update to the app using the Play Store or Galaxy Store" ([*App is crashing or not working on Samsung phone or tablet*](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshoot/TSG10000736/), US edition, read 25 September 2026). ## From the Galaxy Store

Samsung's steps: "Open the Galaxy Store , then tap Menu (the three horizontal lines) in the bottom right corner, and then tap Updates", then tap the circling arrow next to one app or **Update all**. Samsung stresses that these are separate from your Play Store updates — "You will need to update these apps separately from your Play Store apps" — and that "A Samsung account is required to access the Galaxy Store" ([*Manage app updates on a Samsung Galaxy device*](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10002628/), US edition, read 25 September 2026).

To stop doing this by hand, the same page puts automatic updates behind the Menu: tap the gear icon, then **Auto update apps**, and choose a setting.

## From the Play Store

My Files also has a Google Play listing, "Samsung My Files" by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ([*Samsung My Files - Apps on Google Play*](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.myfiles&hl=en_US&gl=US), read 25 September 2026). Samsung's route there: "Open the Play Store , tap your profile picture , and then tap Manage apps & device", then "Tap Updates available" and update the one app or all of them (the updates page above).

## Which store is yours?

Samsung does not say. Neither the updates page nor the crash guide tells you which store delivers My Files updates on a particular phone — both simply name the two stores (both pages cited above). Checking both costs a minute. If only one lists My Files among its updates, that is your answer for now.

## If the new version is worse

Preinstalled apps can sometimes go back. From the updates page: "If an app updates, but you like the old version better, you can uninstall the update to revert to the previous version" — Settings › Apps, pick the app, the three-dot menu, **Uninstall updates**. Samsung's note on that section is short: "This option is only available for some preinstalled apps." Removing My Files itself is a different matter; [Samsung does not allow it](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/uninstall-samsung-my-files-app).

## If the update will not install

For the Play Store, Samsung describes a fix for "some rare cases in Android 10 or 11": Settings › Apps › Google Play Store › Storage › **Clear data**. It warns what that costs: "Doing this will clear some of your Play Store settings like parental controls, auto-update preferences, etc." (the updates page above). The crash guide adds one more check — the Google Play system update under About phone › Software information — which is worth doing first. And if My Files is crashing rather than refusing to update, [start with the crash fixes](https://adinandsorter.com/answers/my-files-app-keep-crashing).

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