File explorer was removed for no reason. None of the replies about its removal were...

Oh please.

The free ware version has been removed because now there are newer "free" file explorer apps with very limited functionality which in turn will force you to purchase the so called "Pro" version of the apps. Its obvious that this is the very reason they have
removed the file explorer app we used to use.

So dissapointed!!!!!

Ive heard that it was removed because many people were exploiting the use of file explorer.

If you have your photos under 'Pictures' directory or a sub dir of 'Pictures', you can try deleting them with ms 'Photos' app (free download). I was able to do that, though i must seriously caution you that once upon a time, I was deleting files with 'Photos'
while simultaneously running ms 'File Manager', and also removing files using it. My Xbox 1s got into some really bad state and several reboot attempts were needed before it recovered itself. So there is risk. Like there seems to be with any ms app. Sadly
but abundantly true - greed...

Might be worth trying to get in contact with Xbox support and seeing if they can help you at all

https://beta.support.xbox.com/

Your last update has wiped out my file explorer and I factory reset and it's still not there. Very uncool to say the least I'm not at all happy. I've spent hours now trying to fix what your company has broke. Fix this now please. What must a guy do to
fix this ridiculous issue