Multi Commander has an extensive range of file management features, and this list only scratches the surface. With so many options and customizations, it’s impossible to list everything here.

Layout

  • Dual Panel View
  • Tabbed Interface
  • Commander-style keyboard and mouse setup
  • Windows Explorer-style keyboard and mouse setup
  • Customizable colors
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Customizable mouse actions
  • Clickable breadcrumb navigation
  • Command Line field for quick commands
  • Quick Launch bar
  • Aliases for quicker access
  • Button panel for frequently used commands
  • Log window for detailed activity tracking

File System Browser

  • Fast selection/deselection of multiple files or folders using filters
  • Set view filters to limit which files are shown
  • Navigate to the next/previous sibling folder with Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn
  • Save and load current selections to/from memory or file
  • Restore previous copy/move selections with num+/
  • Compare panels and select duplicates, missing, or newest files
  • Hotpaths for quickly navigating to user-defined paths
  • Back/Forward buttons to revisit previous locations
  • History button for fast access to recently visited locations
  • Command Line commands for quick path navigation
  • Edit path field for manual path changes
  • Disconnect USB or remote devices from within Multi Commander
  • Quick Search window for in-place file/folder searches
  • View files and folders in detail, list, or thumbnail mode

File System

  • Browse local hard drives
  • Browse network servers/shares
  • Plug-ins to expand the file system
  • FTP support (with SSL/TLS)
  • SFTP/SCP (File management over SSH)
  • Browse the Windows Registry as a file system
  • Browse archives (Zip, 7-Zip, Rar, Tar, gz, bz2)
  • Support for Windows Portable Devices (mobile phones, tablets)
  • Show file properties as columns

File Operations

  • All file operations run in the background, preventing UI freezing
  • Delete files and folders
  • Delete to recycle bin
  • Delete files inside zip archives
  • Copy/Move files with options like queues and auto-unpacking
  • Inline renaming with advanced options for efficient renaming
  • Powerful Multi-Rename tool for batch renaming

Copy/Move File Operations

  • Filters to include or exclude files and folders
  • Customizable read/write strategies (buffers, chunks, async/sync options)
  • Preserve broken or unfinished files
  • Preserve file and folder dates
  • Copy/Move plug-ins for auto-sorting, auto-unpacking, content copying
  • Automatically handle overwrite options
  • Auto-skip on error, with an error report at the end
  • Presets for common operations
  • Auto-load presets based on path

Unpack

  • Unpack archives (Zip, 7-Zip, Rar, tar, gz, bz2, tar.gz, tar.bz2)
  • Unpack using filters
  • Unpack archives into individual folders

Pack

  • Pack files into Zip, 7-Zip, tar, gz, bz2, tar.gz, tar.bz2 formats
  • Pack using filters
  • Pack folders into individual files

File Viewer

  • View files of any size with minimal memory usage
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Line numbers
  • Word wrap (dynamic and fixed)
  • Auto-reload if a file is changed
  • Customizable colors and backgrounds
  • View in ASCII, UTF-8, Unicode, Binary, Hex formats
  • Find and highlight substrings
  • Copy selection to clipboard or save to file
  • Clickable web links
  • Keyboard navigation (e.g., Ctrl+N)

Tools / Misc

  • Find opened/locked files and identify which process has them open
  • Change folder date and time to match the latest file within it
  • Change file attributes, date, and time
  • Show folder sizes in the file system browser
  • Batch rename files by replacing substrings
  • Run Multi Commander from a portable or USB device
  • Backup and restore Multi Commander settings
  • MultiUpdate automatically updates the application to the latest version
  • Portable mode: can be installed on a USB device, leaving no trace on the host computer

Clipboard

  • Send filenames with or without full paths to the clipboard
  • Send comma-separated lists of selected files to the clipboard
  • Save image information from the clipboard (screen capture) as JPG/PNG/BMP with Ctrl+V
  • Save text information from the clipboard to a text file with Ctrl+V

Convert Files

  • Convert text files between Unix, Windows, and Mac formats
  • Reformat or compact XML files
  • Base64 encode/decode files

Links

  • Wizard for creating Junctions, Symlinks, and Hardlinks
  • File system browser follows links
  • Shows link targets in the file system browser

File Security

  • Take ownership of files/folders
  • Remove file permissions for all users
  • Add permissions for specific users or groups

Text Tools

  • Sort lines in text files
  • Convert text files between different formats
  • Advanced find and replace with multiline support
  • Reformat XML files to be compact or structured

Audio Tools

  • Remove ID3 metadata from MP3 files
  • Export ID3 data to text files
  • View MP3 ID3 information
  • Show ID3 data as columns in the file system browser
  • Show aggregated genre columns for folders (up to 3 folder levels deep)

Picture Tools

  • Convert pictures to JPEG, PNG, or BMP
  • Rotate/Flip pictures
  • Auto-rotate pictures based on EXIF data
  • Lossless JPEG rotation
  • Preserve file dates
  • Strip EXIF data from pictures
  • Export EXIF data to text files
  • Adjust EXIF date information by offsetting the time
  • Adjust file date to match EXIF date information
  • Show EXIF data as columns in the file system browser
  • Clickable GPS EXIF data that links to Google Maps

Video Tools

  • Show movie details like rating and genre as columns for video files
  • Get movie information from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes

Search

  • Exclude folders from searches
  • Search by file contents, attributes, size, or date
  • Search inside files for substrings
  • Search using regular expressions
  • Search for duplicate files
  • Search for empty folders
  • Save search results to file
  • Search inside archives (Zip, 7-Zip, Rar, Tar, gz, bz2)

File Verifier

  • Support CRC32, MD5, SHA, SHA-1, SHA-265, SHA512 checksum algorithm
  • Verify checksum files (.sfv, .sha, .md5, ... )
  • Create checksum files (.sfv, .sha, .md5, ... )
  • Calculate checksum and verify checksum for specific file
  • Option to rename all bad files to *.bad
  • Option to delete all bad files

Extensions and Plug-ins

  • Filesystem plug-ins: eg. Registry, FTP, SFTP/SCP, Portable, Zip, Rar, and more...
  • File Properties plug-in for showing file properties in columns. For example, showing EXIF or ID3 meta information
  • Copy/Move File Operations plug-ins: eg. Auto Unpack, Auto sort files
  • Application extensions: expand Multi Commander with new utilities and tools

And much, much more...