You'd be surprised to see how much disk space you're wasting with duplicate files. In fact, you can actually check it with this tool. Duplicate File Detector scans your system and finds all duplicate files, no matter how hidden they are.
You can analyze the whole drive or set several specific folders, but beware of the filters the program uses as default, as they may sort out folders that you want to include in the scan. The process takes a while, but in exchange for your patience the program delivers a complete list of all duplicate files in your system. This list also offers a preview of each file, so you're sure of what you're going to delete before marking them.
Duplicate File Detector works with a wide range of file formats and can detect duplicates based on a large variety of criteria. In fact, there are so many configuration settings that it may feel a bit overwhelming at the beginning.
Pros
Supports many different formats
Different criteria to find duplicates
Previews files before deleting them
Cons
Scans are a bit slow
Feels a bit overwhelming
Duplicate File Detector is a powerful tool to search for file duplicates on your computer. It can find duplicates of any files: text, binary, music or image. Algorithms used in the program allow for quickly analyzing of content of small and large files. The following criteria can be used search for duplicates: filename, file size, or file content. For multimedia files (MP3, OGG/Vorbis, WMA), the content of the following tags can be also analyzed: "Artist", "Album", "Title" and "Comment".
If you store hundreds or even thousands of documents, pictures, photos, music and video files, you often feel in doubt: “…it seems that I already have these file, but where?...”. Duplicate File Detector is here to help you. This program is a powerful yet easy-to-use tool for searching for file duplicates. Don’t waste your time browsing through directories to find duplicates, leave this to the smart program. You should only decide what to do with the found duplicates (copy, delete etc ...).
Let Duplicate File Detector analyze the contents of your hard drive and you will be impressed seeing how many identical files you have! You can free disk space by deleting duplicates, but be careful: do not delete files if you are not sure about them!
Laws concerning the use of this software vary from country to country. We do not encourage or condone the use of this program if it is in violation of these laws. Softonic may receive a referral fee if you click or buy any of the products featured here.
