Top 15 Free File Unlocker Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Free File Unlocker is an essential free utility to delete currently Used, locked, undeletable, busy files. Works with all 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows and Windows Server.

It unlocks files or folders and stops the following error messages from appearing when trying to delete, move and rename files that are in use by other programmes

* Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program
* Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use
* Cannot delete file: Access is denied
* The file is in use by another program or user
* There has been a sharing violation
* The source or destination file may be in use
* Cannot read from the source file or disk

1. Unlocker

Unlocker [Be careful during the installation: Forum ]Get rid of error message like Error deleting or renaming file or folder, cannot delete folder: its being used by another person or program Unlocker application was designed to be a very useful Windows Explorer extension allowing users with a simple right-click......

2. Multi Commander

Multi Commander Multi Commander has a lot of file manager features. This list It is not even close to complete. There are so many features and tweaks in Multi Commander that not everything can be listed here.Layout • Dual Panel • Tabs • Commander styled keyboard/mouse setup • Windows Explorer styled keyboard/mouse......

3. Unreal Commander

Unreal Commander Very powerfull two-panel interface commander. Unreal Commander has UNICODE support, Extended search of files, Multi-rename tool, Synchronization of directories, Support of archives ZIP, RAR, ACE, CAB, JAR, TAR, LHA, GZ, TGZ , Built-in FTP client, Folder tabs, Support of WLX-plugins and WCX-plugins, Build-in viewer and quick view function, Network support,......

4. UltimateZip

UltimateZip UltimateZip has all the features you need to archive, encrypt, share and shrink your files and documents. With it's flexible and intuitive user interface, UltimateZip is easy to use for first-time users and offers many useful features for power users. UltimateZip perfectly integrates into the Windows Explorer, creating or extracting......

5. TYPSoft FTP Server

TYPSoft FTP Server A portable FTP server that allows definitions of several users with root directory and virtual directory, plus quite powerful control permissions.Amazingly small, it works well.......

6. dnGREP

dnGREP dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File Explorer, and much more.Features: - Search across text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives......

7. FileMover

FileMover FileMover is a small application designed to search and move a group of files, based on the file extension, from one directory to another. You can select to move files found in the source directory only or from the source directory and any sub-directory it contains. You have the ability......

8. CubicExplorer

CubicExplorer CubicExplorer is a file manager which is aimed to replace Windows Explorer. It’s goal is to be easy and pleasant to use but still have enough power for more advanced usage. Its key features are tabs and bookmarks. It also has sessions, filtering, file previews, search and many more features......

9. WinMerge

WinMerge WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle. 32 languages.With the xdocdiff-Plugin you even can compare Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and some more files.Features Visual differencing......

10. XYplorer

XYplorer XYplorer is a file manager for Windows. It features tabbed browsing, a powerful file search, a versatile preview, a highly customizable interface, optional dual pane, scripting engine, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks. It’s fast, light, and portable.If you are happy with a......

11. Q-Dir

Q-Dir Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. No! Q-Dir gives you other nice functions, that make you happy. One......

12. muCommander

muCommander muCommander is a cross-platform file manager that will run on any operating system which supports Java. It features a Norton Commander style interface to allow easy manipulation of files with many keyboard shortcuts. Pre-compiled builds are available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Solaris, *BSD, etc.......

13. IObit Unlocker

IObit Unlocker Solution for "cannot delete" problems on WindowsOften when we try to delete a file or folder in Windows, we see annoying messages such as "Cannot delete file: Access is denied;" "Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program" "There has been a sharing violation;" "The......

14. Free UPX

Free UPX Graphical interface for the UPX packer, UPX 3.91w, Ultimate Packer for eXecutables, EXE packer.Free UPX is an advanced graphical interface for the UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables). It allows you to compress (and decompress) files produced according to Microsoft Portable Executable and COFF Specification (EXE, DLL, OCX, BPL, CPL and......

15. Explorer++

Explorer++ Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows. Available on Windows XP and above, it features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer file browsing experience.......