Connect Kindle Fire Wirelessly: Pairing with Your PC

If you’d rather not tether your Kindle Fire to your PC with a USB cable every time you want to transfer files, you can set up a wireless file transfer over your home network instead using an FTP-capable file manager app on the Kindle.

Setup

1. Connect your Kindle Fire to your home Wi-Fi network, and make sure your PC is on the same network (wired or wireless).
2. Install a file manager app from the Amazon App Store that includes a built-in FTP/remote server feature.
3. Open the app and find its remote/FTP server option (usually under a “Tools” or “Remote Manager” style menu) and switch it on — this will display an FTP address specific to your device and current network.
4. On your PC, open File Explorer, type that FTP address into the address bar, and press Enter.

You should now see your Kindle Fire’s storage and can drag files back and forth just like any other network location. Check current app store reviews before picking a file manager app for this — several once-popular Android file managers have picked up bundled adware in later updates over the years, so it’s worth confirming an app’s current reputation rather than assuming an older recommendation still holds.

Still Works in 2026 — With a Couple of Current Alternatives Worth Knowing (Updated for 2026)

The FTP-server-app technique above is still fully viable on Fire HD tablets today — Amazon’s recent sideloading restrictions are specific to the newer budget Fire TV Stick/Cube hardware (which moved to a locked-down Vega OS with no developer options or ADB), not Fire tablets, which remain Android-based with sideloading and Appstore installs working as before. That said, current guides increasingly treat a locally-running FTP server as a legacy option and lean toward two alternatives worth considering: an SMB-based file manager app that connects directly to a shared Windows/Mac folder instead of running its own server, and Amazon’s own Send to Kindle service for pushing documents/EPUBs/PDFs specifically — not a general file-transfer replacement, but worth knowing about for that narrower use case.

Resources

• Amazon
• epubor.com