---
title: Install Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store |
  Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer for on Pop!_OS
  - Optimize your Azure storage management
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/storage-explorer/pop
---

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# Install Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer on **Pop!\_OS**

# Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer (storage-explorer)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/storage-explorer/pop#install)

#### Optimize your Azure storage management

Upload, download, and manage Azure blobs, files, queues, and tables, as well as Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Data Lake Storage entities. Easily access virtual machine disks, and work with either Azure Resource Manager or classic storage accounts. Manage and configure cross-origin resource sharing rules.

* Management for all your storage accounts and multiple subscriptions across Azure, Azure Stack, and government cloud
* Accessible, intuitive, feature-rich graphical user interface (GUI) for full management of cloud storage resources
* Robust security features like cross-origin resource sharing and shared access signature to help protect your data access wherever you are

Learn more at <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/features/storage-explorer>.

Storage Explorer requires the use of a password manager, which may need to be connected manually before Storage Explorer will work correctly. You can connect Storage Explorer to your system's password manager with the following command:

```
 snap connect storage-explorer:password-manager-service :password-manager-service
```

### Package name

* storage-explorer

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 31 August 2026 - latest/stable
* 31 August 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer](https://github.com/microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer "https://github.com/microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer")

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer

To install Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install storage-explorer
```

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