Android file manager on your PC

Dragging a folder of holiday photos off a phone should not require a cable, a driver or a cloud subscription.

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Why MTP is the usual answer, and why people look for another one

Windows talks to Android over MTP, which needs a working cable, a data-capable port and a driver that sometimes decides not to load. It also locks the phone's storage while it is open, and it drops the connection if the screen locks. Wireless debugging avoids all of that: the phone exposes an ADB channel over TCP, and the PC drives the file operations through it.

What you can do once connected

Browse the phone's storage and SD card as a tree of folders.
Copy files and whole folders in either direction.
Pull screenshots to the PC with one click - useful for bug reports and tutorials.
Read device information (model, Android version, battery, free space) before you decide what to move.
Install an APK sitting on the PC.

Connecting, in four steps

Enable Developer options on the phone (tap Build number seven times).
Turn on Wireless debugging and keep the phone and PC on the same Wi-Fi.
Start PhoneBridge on the PC and scan the QR code it shows.
Leave the window open - the connection survives screen locks, unlike MTP.

Honest limits

Android's file access through ADB cannot reach a few protected folders (some app-private data), and it is slower than a USB 3 cable for tens of thousands of small files. If you transfer 20,000 photos once a year, plug in the cable; if you move a handful of files a day, wireless is less friction.

Questions

Can I delete files on the phone from the PC?

Yes, within the folders ADB can reach. App-private directories stay out of reach, which is an Android restriction, not a choice of the app.