Where Can I Find Apk Files on Android?

If you want to locate the APK files in your Android phones, you can find the APK for user-installed apps under /data/app/directory while the preinstalled ones are located in /system/app folder and you can access them by using ES File Explorer.

Where are APK files stored when downloaded from Play Store?

1 Answer. In older Android OS versions the apk files downloaded by Google Play Store were usually stored in either /cache/download or /data/local directories. Now the temporary location is determined by the Download Provider service, and is usually found in /data/data/com. android.

Where can I find app APK?

Use a file manager to look in the following locations:

1. /data/app.
2. /data/app-private.
3. /system/app/
4. /sdcard/.android_secure (shows .asec files, not .apks) On Samsung phones: /sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure.