Find & Delete Duplicate Files on Any Windows PC for Free! 2023

[@muzairanwar]

This worked like a charm. I had ~1TB of pictures and videos from various computers, phones and cameras, with multiple duplicates. I went through the process and it detected all duplocates with no mistakes.

[@kdepfullblc3338]

i have a disk 2 TB and once i started (2 minutes ago only) the process it doesnt appear to move yet , i mean there is nothing indicated such as progresion (at the bottom-left) is it normal?

[@muzairanwar]

@@kdepfullblc3338 it will take a long time for 2tb of data. Perhaps even overnight.

[@kdepfullblc3338]

finally i ve done it thanks

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

This is one of the absolute best Software introduction videos I found online. The person who presents this introduction to this software speaks and simultaneously moves the cursor like clockwork. Not one of the usual nervously moves the cursors around the screen, hitting the wrong buttons correctly and trying again. Replaying every scene a few times to connect between what he says and where he clicks usually exceeds my attention span. Thank you.

[@a.r.thayer9760]

Thanks, that was very helpful! As a RETIRED Professional Photographer, I was constantly backing up onto several drives. Over the years duplication and time have had a toll on my drive space. Adding family photos to the mix as well as cell phone photos, etc., makes the job daunting. This may be the solution to some of the work of fine-tuning my storage! 😀

[@glennschwartz989]

Andy, Thank you so much for explaining this process! Even more, the way you explained it made it much easier to follow along.

[@MickeyMishra]

Andy, can you do a video on Windows SyncToy and how it compares to this? I really would like to go through my 100tb of Photos and video and media and find all the duplicates in a more Visual way. Would love to see something like the tools I used in the Windows 7 / XP days or when I was in Mac OSX. There sure seems to be a lack of GUI based tools for Linux, and over the years, Windows File manager is just not keeping up doing its ONE job it use to be good at. Thanks Andy! Great video, and wonderful tutorial!

[@AndyPark365]

Thanks for the super thanks Mickey. I'm not too familiar with SyncToy but I understand it's been discontinued and not compatible with Windows 11? Let me look into it. Thanks again.

[@thenear1send]

Thank you for sharing. I will try this out. I recently got a refurbished 12 TB server drive and have copied a half dozen of my old external hard drives to it. I plan on using this software to help me pare down my massive pile of data (with many redundant backups) and create a compiled record of my data, and then back that up on my NAS.

[@sloweryrowan]

Thanks!

[@AndyPark365]

Thank you!

[@mikeJones-tu8pe]

Hey Andy, Great presentation much appreciated 😊 I just wanted to add a tip for anyone using external drives: so in the Base folders field I mistakenly browsed my pictures folder on the external drive first and then the pictures folder on my hard drive with the resultant 'ones to keep' mainly being on the external drive (because they got read first). I aborted the process and have restarted with the hard drive entered first (which has a logical sub folder structure), followed of course by the external drive folders. I should end up with a lot less work. Cant wait to hit that delete button!

[@theofanischazakis]

Thank you very much. This version was more comprehensive than an older one of yours. The explaining of duplicate number and group was the key for me. I am happy I clicked on this one too. Thank you again!

[@rschaefe1]

Good job and the application seems easy to use, thanks to your great instructions. Nice video editing!

[@colinfromfreddybeach4652]

My friend!!!!!! You are the best. You saved me so much time. I have spent countless evenings with different programs trying to do this exact thing and I can't thank you enough.! SUBSCRIBED!

[@GEORGEPHILLIPS-s2b]

Excellent video. Laymans language, and step by step instructions at a controlled pace helped me get my external HD cleaned of nearly 20GB of Duplicate Mp3s. Thank you so much!

[@guillemb2786]

Thank you so much. I'd searched for and tested so many pieces of software and could not manage to find one that was free, easy to use, and complete. The tutorial and the recommendation are superb. thanks!

[@justin6point7]

Thank you, this will help with redundancy. As a musician, I have to be extremely careful not to delete files that are meant to be located in multiple locations, for example, a drum sample comes from a master library in the project, when the project is saved, it includes that sample in the project folder, and if it's missing, it will search for a file of the same name, but kick.wav could be a different sound depending what drum kit it's from. The simple solution is excluding project files. Space isn't a concern at all, I've just got backups of backups of backups, but don't really need so many copies.

[@avijitkumar4268]

Thank you for short but detailed video. I really needed some tools like this one. I hope I get to see more variety of tools in your videos which help in day to day scenarios. Thanks once again!

[@AndyPark365]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@lowerstreet]

This is useful. I have been meaning to clean up my downloads folder, and this will save a lot of time.

[@kimijones2868]

Andy, I want to THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your excellent presentation on this subject. You explained how to do this process so that people like me can follow you with ease. I greatly appreciate you!!! I have subscribed and I will be following you and I look forward to checking out many more of you videos. Again, I THANK YOU!!!! May you have a blessed day!!!

[@marilyn9501]

Thank you so much Andy! I was having pc issues so made duplicates, even triplicates of files just in case I lost everything. You made it so clear on how to use the software to clean up my 2 hard drives and 3 external. I took your advice and tested the software to make sure I understood how it works. It is fast and works beautifully. I subscribed and will soon check out your other videos to learn more. Thanks AGAIN!!

[@cjaloerra592]

thanks for this wonderful vid. it saved me from opening numerous folders and files just to check if they are duplicates. new sub here.

[@Jaydenrose3]

i tried too use this app before and didn't really understand. this video was very well explained and really helped. thank you very much !

[@EngineMisfire]

Andy, great job. Great instructions. I hope you are a teacher, because it is easy to understand these concepts from you. Thanks.

[@sloweryrowan]

Thank you so much! You are a lifesaver, and WOW, it would have taken me hours to clear up my files. I really appreciate you taking the time to create this video and share it!

[@davidcontreras9540]

I only hope to find explainer videos like this one for many other things. Sir, you have earned a 'follow'. Thanks!

[@quick9smitty511]

Thank you Andy! you have made this process much less intimidating. You're explanations have been "dumbed down" for a computer illiterate like me. Great job of explaining in simplified language.

[@KitchenATM]

Thank u. It worked really well

[@johnmetzler2841]

Much appreciated. Clearly and professionally done.

[@BackgroundMusic-yg8nn]

I do not usually comment but I have to here to share that your sincerity really shows in videos. Thanks. Great presentation. Super useful. You got a new Subscriber. :)

[@duaneporter2061]

Very well done tutorial. Very thoughtful and great at explaining all questions. Can't say enough I appreciate the effort.

[@ayoubkamel4501]

Thank you Andy, STRAIGHT FORWARD to the point

[@xrayjohn2000]

Excellent tutorial with great results when I applied the process to my files. Thank you!

[@krga94c]

A great product. I've been looking for a simple solution for this for a long time, and this is it. And the step by step explanation is excellent. I subscribed based on this alone. I looked and saw other vids in your channel that I'll be able to use as well. Thanks for posting.

[@dennissykes4690]

Excelent tute! Very well explainded and demonstrated. Thank you much. Request/suggestion for additional feature: Ten's of thousands of people are looking for a way to weed out duplicate image files. It would be a big help to have a option to display a view window, that would immediately display the image of each file when you click on it in the result list, rather than needing to R-click and opening each file in a separate window.

[@mikepdx721]

Great presentation. Much more professional than the norm. I am sure I will love your channel from just a quick look at the topics. So many things that I want to learn more about.

[@OfftheChainwithHoppyMellow]

When I delete all - does that keep the original and only delete the duplicates of that? Or does the original get deleted too?

[@juancarlosmartinez-sanchez6784]

Great tutorial, excellent quality, you really know how to be clear and concise. Thanks!

[@joecarpenter8781]

This is absolutely exactly what I needed thank you so much

[@vaulimere]

Exactly what I was looking for, and well explained. Thank you.

[@AseemM]

😂 i thought my one side headset is not working

[@omarcosmatheus]

same here hahahahaha

[@jontorr2860]

I thought i was going deaf 😂

[@justin6point7]

The right channel was a duplicate of the left, so it was removed 🤣

[@dejisoye]

Love you Andy, its such an amazing guide that l did my folders and files cleaned up fast and easy.

[@tried2call260]

Excellent information. Presentation well done !

[@gmcjetpilot]

Thanks. There are so many free delete programs. I just bought a 5 TB drive to transfer all my files from many hard drives into one for sorting, deleting. I know I duplicated many in myn process of archiving over the years. NOW the question is how to set up my file ORGINIZATION. Some say organize by year? I think I will have top folders of pictures, video, documents (pdf, word, text). Then sub divide into Categories that are meaningful to me, Home, Travel, Work, Hobbies, Taxes, Financial..... etc. I could divide it further by year or years. That will be work but it has been bothering me for a long time. I have so much great info on my computer but can't really find it or know it is there.

[@tammy9059]

Very helpful, and a great video, this saved me so much time. Thank you.

[@AndyPark365]

Glad it helped!

[@vaibhavgoyal6090]

best video on youtube .... worked so well ..... thanks buddy

[@jkd432]

Andy, congrats on your very clear and much needed tutorial! I want to be sure of one thing however: when I go to the duplicate group number and select 2 and above, it will delete only the duplicates but preserve the original file, correct?

[@ValkyrieWasted]

Thankyou so much, made that process extremely simple!

[@arclight31415]

I watched this video as a last resort. Now it is my first choice. I need this kind of precision with re to file elements. DATA loss anxiety gone. I was dreading this task. . . .now I'm kind of looking forward to it.

[@billmurphy521]

@Andy Park Hi, I've seen a couple of these now, and its common for for files to be done the way you demonstrated. However, I would like something more complex. ie, with my photos, a large number of the files have been sorted into folders, but the original is still in the download folder. I want to delete ONLY the copy in the bulk list. or there may be three locations, and I only want to delete a specific one. ie the photos are DLd to the bulk folder. then a copy is filed in "house", and I'll also put a copy in a folder that gets synced to my phone. Another scenario would be that I want to delete only the secondary files, not the files found second. ie, delete the "(*)" files, and keep the originals. but I think the way you described the file groups, the "1" is applied to the first file found, rather than the original file?

[@castrosacasa]

A lot to process but thank you very much because I really need to consolidate a few hard drives with duplicate files!

[@jkd432]

Andy, do you have recommendations on how to search and delete duplicate files in OneDrive? Will Search My Files work in One Drive? Thanks Andy.

[@wernervannieuwenhove631]

Thank you so much. This is really a verry comprehensive and usefull explanation of this software. I am going to give it a try richt away.

[@mirothedjmusic]

You are appreciated

[@Quinnedy]

A very good overview of a very good program. The program is powerful and your overview was straight forward. Thank you. I played the Video a few times so that I understood the process and started as you suggested in small bites. One of the best explanations of one of the best instructional programs I have watched. Well done - many thanks.

[@crazyleg2006]

Really good video. Thanks for taking the time to put it up for me and everyone else. It's always nice to find videos and information that help us solve problems. Thanks, Andy.

[@jackmcdowell3677]

Thanks Andy! Works great,

[@briansolomon2969]

Wow this guy is great. Liked and subscribed!

[@mot_wadd3441]

Great tips and video, thank you. For me though, even after finding and deleting the duplicates on the app, it hasn't deleted them on the actual hard drive when I open it up to use it again? Am I meant to save the result or something? Cheers

[@carlweingartenmultiphasere9648]

Excellent presentation, thank you!

[@Divya-yx7fw]

Thank you for this informative video, finally my problem solved

[@HokUy-pm5dx]

All of my files on C:/ drive shows 0 duplicate group but I do have duplicate number, why is that? Aslo if it shows two identical files, do i delete both or keep one?

[@miguelkees3132]

Thank you so much Andy. You are awesome dude.

[@edwardjardines9623]

Hey Andy, Great video. I just wanted to let you know I grew up in Teaneck, although I've been living in France now since 1989.

[@kiki_de]

So much thanks really. That saved me some hours of tedious work! Thanks

[@sigmarealm1111]

Great program! Thank you, Andy!!!

[@OwlBrainwave]

Such a useful video, thank you so much! This helped a lot.

[@paulamachado3879]

So useful! Wonderful explanation!

[@maltesetony9030]

Really useful video. Thank you for uploading, sir!

[@rosac8168]

Wow! this was very informative and very well explained. thank you so much! I am not very computer savvy but I think I can do this

[@nunyabidness4946]

You are a lifesaver. Thx so much

[@PatriciaGarcy]

Thank you for the video. In my search results the duplicate number and duplicate group columns did not show any numbers at all. I waited until the search was complete by watching the bottom left search results as you suggested, but still no numbers appeared in either of those columns. Any suggestions?

[@johnmicheal5722]

This is a great tool. Thank you for the indepth tutorial. You're amazing.

[@johnmicheal5722]

I'm back to say I tried it and it works like a charm. I'm currently removing duclicate pictures and videos right now.

[@ericroman9126]

Freaking brilliant. It's exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@hosamrafeek6772]

Excellent, thank you

[@welroz23aqworlds52]

Thank you! that was an amazing guide and i didn't have to pay a penny

[@RODNEYSHARM]

very well presented and informative, thank you

[@RoxanneRees-t3r]

Do you have an updated version as this doesn't seem to work for me (worked for the first search, now I get no numbers associated with the duplicates)

[@harrytaylor3002]

Life saver! Thank you

[@malitaus5672]

Great explanation, thank you!

[@grassesgood]

I just followed this video and deleted a bunch of files, but apparantley some crucial files. Now my PC won't start up and give code 0xc000000f. Is it possible to do a system recovery to a point before I did the removal of the files? Happy to hear from you Andy!

[@awkwardpenguinftw]

Thank you! you helped solve my problem 💚

[@TRIPPYMAINE92]

Man thanks for this. I'm 32, been using pc's since idk... I have like 20 hdds lol, i can finally clean them up. Ty ty ty ty ty :D

[@737mechanic]

One of the best things about this duplicate file finder is it is ONLY 228K in size and it doesn't install on the computer it simply runs as soon as you click the file. All the other duplicate file finders I have used not only need to install on the computer but they are huge in size which I call bloatware. This program is the way all programs should be written and computers would continue to run fast.

[@thepunitsinghal]

The excellent, Really really excellent, Thank you so much for explaining so nicely. 😀

[@prashantbhil]

👍Its damn 1000% working, thank you

[@marklavin]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@isaacpalacios4713]

Great tutorial!

[@dadasahebrokade8091]

Very effective way... thanks

[@ktz573]

Thank you very much. Great tutorial!!!👍😀😀

[@jimoday]

Thank you. Super helpful.

[@showwhite7320]

There are 2 programs that I have used that are much better than this program: Duplicate Cleaner and Beyond Comparison. I find that I need both programs for different reasons. Duplicate Cleaner is probably the most useful. It will do what the program in the video does. The improvement in Duplicate Cleaner is the automation in selecting the duplicate files, which is a major pain when you have 20,000 duplicate files. It would take forever to click every single file. Further, you can't simply have the program randomly pick one of the duplicates-as the program in this video-does because one of the folders might be in a better location. For example, you want to get rid of the duplicate within the Downloads folder. With Duplicate Cleaner, you can designate which file is automatically chosen. Beyond Comparison is good to compare the contents of two folders side-by-side. You can't do this with Duplicate Cleaner. Say you have a duplicate folder but some files have been modified. This program will help you figure out which files to keep and discard.

[@henryogbogu3499]

where do i get beyond comparison?

[@David-zd6ex]

Does it work for autocad files of any sort of 3D files? I have too much for projects that looks so similar but I wanna keep a unique one.

[@abdussamadkhan5309]

that is awesome.. very effective and awesome free software.. thanks for sharing..

[@RMJ-t5q]

Can more than one search by done at the same time? If two search my files apps are downloaded can I run two searches at once?

[@anneculver6635]

Thanks so much for the help. Not sure why but when I selected "Duplicate search" and then Browse for the base folders, it would not pop up. It would only let me do the entire C drive....any ideas? thanks

[@abiralbajali5218]

Thank you so much ... its amazing job 👏

[@throwaway-gt1sp]

does this work regardless if the file names are different? Im asking cause I got a 4tb hard drive of data I was given...and I am concerned it might have a ton of duplicates with different names... never mind it does...didn't get that far into the video yet

[@marcoschnepf9006]

Thank you so much for this Video

[@kitasuhill9667]

Slick and informative !!

[@rgsvasan]

super nice video and explanation

[@Chebe_Vidya]

Hi Andy, ive got a problem wich i cant seem to find the answer anywhere online, ive looked everywhere. Heres my problem.. i own a gaming laptop msi dragon computer.. and recently its been duplicating files.. say ive got a game thats 20gb heavy.. when i install it, it duplicates to 40. However.. when i restart my computer the duplicate files disapear out of nowhere, making it back to 20gbs.. i have no solution for this problem.. and NO idea how to fix it or even...Nothing, absolutely nothing. Its driving me crazy, it makes no sense

[@alangrant5684]

Nice. Thanks Andy.