# Free

Free may refer to:

## Concept

* Freedom, ability to act or change without constraint
* Emancipate, attaining civil and political rights or equality
* Free (gratis), free of charge
* Gratis versus libre, the difference between two common meanings of the adjective "free".

## Computing

* Free (programming), a function that releases dynamically allocated memory for reuse
* Free software, software usable and distributable with few restrictions and no payment
* 🆓, an emoji in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block.

## Mathematics

* Free object
** Free abelian group
** Free algebra
** Free group
** Free module
** Free semigroup
* Free variable

## People

* Free (surname)
* Free (rapper) (born 1968), or Free Marie, American rapper and media personality
* Free, a pseudonym for the activist and writer Abbie Hoffman
* Free (active 2003–), American musician in the band FreeSol

## Arts and media
### Film and television

* Free (film), a 2001 American dramedy
* Free!, a Japanese anime series starting in 2013
* "Free" (Desperate Housewives), a television episode

### Music
#### Bands and groups

* Free (band), an English rock band 1968–1973
* Free!!, a Spanish mákina band 1994–2004
* The Free, a German eurodance band 1994–1999
* Have Heart, re-formed as Free since 2009, an American straight edge band

#### Albums

* Free (Airto album) or the title song, 1972
* Free (Benny Golson album), 1963
* Free (Bonfire album) or the title song, 2003
* Free (Brad Johner album) or the title song, 2003
* Free (Chico DeBarge album) or the title song, 2003
* Free (Cody Simpson album) or the title song, 2015
* Free (Concrete Blonde album), 1989
* Free (Dana International album) or the title song, 1999
* Free (David Garrett album), 2007
* Free (Gavin DeGraw album) or the title song, 2009
* Free (For Real album) or the title song, 1996
* Free (Free album), 1969
* Free (Iggy Pop album) or the title song, 2019
* Free (Kate Ryan album) or the title song, 2008
* Free (Jann Arden album) or the title song, 2009
* Free (Kierra Sheard album) or the title song, 2011
* Free (Lisa Shaw album) or the title song, 2009
* Free (Mao Abe album) or the title song (see below), 2009
* Free (Marcus Miller album), 2007
* Free (Negativland album), 1993
* Free (OSI album) or the title song, 2006
* Free (The Party album) or the title song, 1992
* Free (Prince Markie Dee album) or the title song, 1992
* Free (Rick Astley album), 1991
* Free (Rivermaya album), 2000
* Free (Twin Atlantic album) or the title song, 2011
* Free (Virtue album) or the title song, 2003
* Free... (EP), by Acid King, or the title song, 2001
* Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape), by Lil B and Chance the Rapper, 2015
* Free, by Hundredth, 2015
* free*, by Jim's Big Ego, 2008
* Free, by Libera, 2004
* Free, by Planetshakers, 2008
* Free, by Stone, 1992

#### Songs

* "Free" (Broods song), 2016
* "Free" (Chicago song), 1971
* "Free" (Dara Maclean song), 2011
* "Free" (Deniece Williams song), 1976
* "Free" (Erika song), 2007
* "Free" (Estelle song), 2004
* "Free" (Florence and the Machine song), 2022
* "Free" (Haley Reinhart song), 2012
* "Free" (Mao Abe song), 2008
* "Free" (Mýa song), 2001
* "Free" (Natalia Kills song), 2011
* "Free" (Pete Murray song), 2011
* "Free" (Phish song), 1996
* "Free" (Rudimental song), 2013
* "Free" (Sarah Brightman song), 2003
* "Free" (Train song), 1998
* "Free" (Ultra Naté song), 1997
* "Free" (Zac Brown Band song), 2010
* "Free", by Alesha Dixon from Fired Up, 2006
* "Free", by Bacon Popper, 1998
* "Free", by Blue October UK from One Day Silver, One Day Gold, 2005
* "Free", by the Cars from Move Like This, 2011
* "Free", by Cat Power from You Are Free, 2003
* "Free", by Charlie Puth, 2020
* "Free", by Chris Madlin and by Crush 40 from the video game Sonic Free Riders, 2010
* "Free", by Dani Harmer, the theme from Dani's House, 2008
* "Free", by Depeche Mode, B-side of "Precious", 2005
* "Free", by Destiny's Child from Destiny Fulfilled, 2004
* "Free", by DJ Quicksilver, 1997
* "Free", by Donna De Lory from Bliss, 2000
* "Free", by Enrique Iglesias from 7, 2003
* "Free", by Ginny Owens from Without Condition, 1999
* "Free", by Graffiti6 from Colours, 2010
* "Free", by H.E.R. from H.E.R., 2017
* "Free", by Jaguar Wright from Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul, 2005
* "Free", by Jeremy Camp from Reckless, 2013
* "Free", by Jon Secada, 2006
* "Free", by Little Big Town from The Breaker, 2017
* "Free", by Louis the Child from Here for Now, 2020
* "Free", by the Martinis from Empire Records: The Soundtrack, 1995
* "Free", by Michelle Williams from Journey to Freedom, 2014
* "Free", by Mikolas Josef, 2016
* "Free", by Nakatomi, 1995
* "Free", by Parcels, 2021
* "Free", by Pink from Try This, 2003
* "Free", by Plumb from Beautiful Lumps of Coal, 2003
* "Free", by Powerman 5000 from Transform, 2003
* "Free", by Primal Scream from Give Out but Don't Give Up, 1994
* "Free", by Prince from 1999, 1982
* "Free", by Quiet Riot from Rehab, 2006
* "Free", by Stephanie Mills from Born for This!, 2004
* "Free", by Stevie Wonder from Characters, 1987
* "Free", by Stryper from To Hell with the Devil, 1986
* "Free", by VAST from Music for People, 2000
* "Free", by Why Don't We, 2016
* "Free", by Will Downing, 1988
* "Free", by Yu Yamada, the ending theme for the anime Basquash!, 2009
* "Free", written by Irving Berlin

### Other media

* Free (Anderson book), a 2009 economics book by Chris Anderson
* Free (Ypi book), a 2021 memoir by Lea Ypi
* Free (Soul Eater), a character from the manga and anime Soul Eater

## Organizations

* Fight Repression of Erotic Expression, a University of Minnesota student group, now the Queer Student Cultural Center
* Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, a libertarian think tank founded by Ron Paul
* Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, a think tank that promotes free-market environmentalism
* Free (ISP), a French internet service provider
* Free Airlines, a Kinshasa Congolese air operator

## Other uses

* Free (cigarette), from Brazil
* Voyah Free, a hybrid/electric car produced since 2021 onwards by Dongfeng Motor Corporation
* The Free Ones, a 2020 Canadian documentary film
* Die Freien, also known as the Free Ones, a 19th-century circle of philosophers formed at the University of Berlin