Find and remove duplicate files in windows 10 without installing software
In this video, I'll show you how you can find and remove duplicate files using a lightweight freeware called SearchMyFiles. This freeware runs without having to download anything to your computer. You can even keep it in your USB thumb drive and run the program from there.
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Simple but very effective utility. The last duplicate file finder I used only found duplicate names. This one does it all. Well presented and easy to follow instructions.
I can't thank you enough. You saved me so many hours of work with a folder of 15000 images that need sorting. It took me a few minutes with your help.
this has been extremely helpful and the app interface itself is very good and useful. I can't thank you enough for this video, it has saved me hours of manual work and saved my computer from installing malware and stuff that doesn't work. everyone should really check this out
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad the video helped Venkat! Thanks for watching!
This video came in handy at the time where I am left heaps and heaps of duplicate files piled on my laptop. This saved tons of time for me. Thank you Andy
This program is going to be super helpful in getting back some hard drive space. I have duplicate files over multiple drives and I need the space. Thank you so much Andy. You're one cool guy 😎
Thanks for the easy explanation and demonstration. I have gotten to the point of breaking down the duplicates into their groups, but have been cautious to delete. So, I wanted to be safe because I'm working with an external hard drive with 32,000 files, and more than just duplicates. Most are mp3s with some having up to 8 copies. Just want to confirm my next action with the expert. Thanks for your time and help
This was great!!! Thanks!!!! so many other duplicate file apps were really confusing, and I'm too busy to do hours of tutorials for every app I need to use. This was perfect, and your tutorial approach outstanding, easy to follow from beginning to end. Thanks again!!!
Hey, I just cleand up every single duplicate file on my computer following your instructions. Worked like magic. No issues. Guys, just watch out when down loading the software. Make sure to follow Andy's down load instructions carefully in the beginning because I had a whole bunch of ther other companies offering download link of this software. Don't go for that. Another tip, if you have very large folders, mine were over 900 gb, then the searchmyfiles search at times seems like it is completed but keep an eye on the percentage calculator on the bottom left of your screen. Sometimes it stops but then picks up. Amazing software. I cleaned up roughly about 45 gb of duplicate files within an hour, going through all my folders. And I had no issues with the interface. It was easy and got the job done!!! Great video!! Thank you!!!
Although this video can be called misleading because a download is involved, however, the program works as described and you can do a lot of work so quickly. So thank you and thumbs up
Thanks a lot, Andy. I cannot tell you how long I have been searching for a tool like this!
Andy, Thank you for the great info! Especially the info about the OneDrive. That will help me with my cleanup efforts! You rock man!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Leif - Glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for the feedback!
This is incredibly useful. I am rationalising much of my storage right now and I have started with picture files. Very fast results.
Thank you so much Andy! The App is good, but the way you explained how it works is fantastic. Methodical, logical explanations, just really clear and concise. I will follow you for sure, just so I can learn things. Thanks.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mel!
Wow! I had over 2,000 images to go through on my backup drive and you made things so much easier! Thank you.
Aw, man. Thanks, sir. Exactly what I was looking for. And the old school site/way, sometimes simple is better.
The interface gets the job done!! I'll take a look at at. Thanks, Andy.
Amazing video. I'm a dj and over the years I get tons of music. I have multiples of almost everything that just takes up space on my hard drive so this helped me a lot. Thank you from 2430 Entertainment.
Thank you Andy for this app. It is an awesome tool and I am already starting to unravel daunting task of finding multiple duplicates and organizing my photos that I had put off for a long long time. THANK YOU!!!!!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. Glad you found the video helpful!
An amazing tool to keep organised and keep a clean hard drive! Very well explained and presented, thank you Andy!
Thanks Andy Park. I foolishly used an old backup method (remember Sync Toy?) to back up almost 2 TB of photos years ago. Add that to my standard backup and my backup drive was loaded with a TON of unnecessary files. I've put off deleting them because I was afraid to lose precious photos.....It took a little while but I finally got it done thanks to your video!
OMG, don't know why my computer is making so many duplicates but you saved the day. I've been looking for months and this is the only thing that worked. TY so much!
Best ever explanation I've found online. Got a horrible task done very quickly - more than 4500 duplicate files deleted! Thank you!
@AndyPark365
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Elizabeth! Glad the video helped!
Worked wonderfully. I appreciated the simple program vs. fluff. Consolidating laptop and pc, I found many duplicates. I subscribed and planned to watch more of your videos. Thank you for clear information.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rachel!
This is exactly what I needed, for the present. Thank you so much. I found other comparison tools, but they are difficult to understand and often will not delete. Big fan. I subscribed. Woo Hoo.
Andy, Thank you so much for providing the precious information. You rocks man!!!!!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Shekhar!
I spent whole 1 day finding, installing running useless utilities which can find and remove duplicate files from my pc. You are a life saver bro. Best one I found cos of ur video. And Thanks a lot for ending my search for the same. Great Video and utility shared. Million thanks buddy.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mandar. Glad the video was helpful. Happy New Year!
@mandaroke5010
2 жыл бұрын
@@AndyPark365 Hpaay new year to you to buddy.
Much love dude. You saved me hours. Thanks.
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you found the video useful.
I have tons of duplicate pictures because I have combined memory from different sources and I am looking for a way to sort things out. You seem to explain things that even someone like me who is not very computer savvy could probably follow. Most of the people I found explaining things go quickly way over my head. I haven't tried this yet but I certainly will and I just wanted to thank you for clear explications.
@AndyPark365
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Not sure if you gave it a go. Please feel free to drop a comment if you have questions.
@theman5565
Жыл бұрын
@@AndyPark365Hi Andy Paul here again. Yes I put this on my mini computer and plugged my external hard disc in which has all the pictures on it. It looks very complicated but I just did a basic search in my pictures file where I had hundreds of gigabytes of pictures! 😂 I kept telling myself I would go back and remove double files and things but of course I kept adding pictures and never deleting Andy came to the point where I was about to give up until I found your explanation. I had tried supposedly free software which seemed to be working until you wanted to eliminate everything it found after running for hours and then you had to pay to actually eliminate them! 😠😠 I let this software run for hours too and it found many hundreds of gigabytes of doubles. I spent several hours looking at what it found and eliminating the many copies manually. After all of that time I hadn't found a single error so I decided to trust the software and I let it automatically deal with the rest. There is no way to be absolutely sure it didn't eliminate anything I might have wanted to save but it did eliminate hundreds of gigabytes of pictures that were doubles. I wish you lived nearby in Normandy! I often have frustrating problems when it comes to computers. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me with this situation.
You are a life saver. Thanks for the great tutorial bro. I am subscribing now!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the feedback. Thanks for the sub!
Very helpful utility. Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.
For anyone who was struggling to highlight just a selected amount of folders hold shift down all the way to the amount of folders you want to delete
@christophineferdinand6494
Жыл бұрын
Thank you , I was struggling with highlighting 😅😊
@adanhalake589
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, man!. I was struggling to know how to highlight but couldn't. You saved me
@izzylamulenga4638
Жыл бұрын
Yo you're more of the life saver. I was almost giving up😅. Thanks for this
@kenneth__7775
6 ай бұрын
Bro u really a gem 💎
Thanks so much for this clear explanation. I was able to use this perfectly with your excellent presentation.
Thank you so much for this video! I was such a big help.
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment. Appreciate it!
This is really helpful. I must say that this is just the only one that has ever worked perfectly for me. Joseph, from Nigeria.
"Find and remove duplicate files in windows 10 without installing software" Then - shows you how to install software.
@isolatedtrader5482
2 жыл бұрын
He didn’t install it. It was straight download and use. He didn’t have to accept any agreement or give authorization for the software to be installed, because it wasn’t installed.
@devashishgole4722
Жыл бұрын
Try installing any software and compare it with what's shown in this video and ask yourself "in which drive did this guy 'installed' the software?" Because that's right, he didn't. Most people avoid installing softwares if they can get a portable executable file to get their work done, like the one shown in the video.
@Sensualfr0g
Жыл бұрын
If you can’t understand the difference between installed software and an executable file, then you need to keep watching tech videos and listen more react less
@davidswanson5669
Жыл бұрын
I wish this executable file was around before you were born, so your mom could find and remove any duplicating cells in your zygote.
@kundalwando7683
6 ай бұрын
Gentlemen we are gathered here.🫡
Thank you very much for your generosity in sharing this helpful tool that has helped me to get rid of the duplicated files were clogging my laptop. Simple and efficient tool. All the best!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Cris! Glad to hear the video was helpful.
Thank you. Awesome tool! Question: Is there a way to have it only identify duplicates between devices or maybe 2 base folders. For example i may have many dups on C:(and all subdirs) and many dups on D:(and all subdirs) but I only want to list the dups that are the same on both C: and D:. ie if C:(all subdirs) had 2 identical files but that file doesn't appear anywhere on D:, I don't want to see it. Thanks.
Thank you for this, Andy. Big help! Best to you.
got my job done in minutes! thanks andy!:)
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Good to hear. Thanks Moses!
Outstanding presentation and attention to details. Thanks very much.
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind feedback Bill!
Hi , in 4:57 to 4:59 how did you do you select between start row and the end one time .. what buttons did you use .. usually I use select all ctrl + A but it will not work for selected files
Very well explained, thank you very much!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
I have one question at 4:56 how you selected files at once , am not able to select desirable files, either I have to select all files by ctr + a or I have to select it by manually by mouse single click which is time consuming
Just what the doc ordered, love it, simple and clean not complicated to use, and it works. I will like to see a delete all in one shot not keeping anything since I know all the dup files im deleting that I don't want. but this is a powerful software for real. if your the man behind this software, big thanks man. my mistake it actually delete everything, wow. yes. exellent
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. I have no affiliation with the software, but I found it helpful so simply sharing with all of you.
Andy for nicely explaining this video. You made it so informative.
Thank you so much for this video. This just makes my day and can't wait to see the results and get some cleanup work done.
Is there anyway to organize by most recently modified date and the group numbers so that the older versions are in group numbers (2, 3, 4, etc.)?
@Hervoo
Жыл бұрын
Have you found it yet?
I thank you so much sir before even testing the tool. This is super amazing and that what I really was looking for, you have helped us to save lots of efforts and money. Thanks...
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This video was so helpful in every way ❤
THANK YOU SO MUCH AYY without this video idk wat i wouldve done
Thanks dude u rock!!! Very well explained .U gained a sub.More power to ur channel
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dâtu. Appreciate the support!
Can you help me? When I try to drag and select the duplicate groups to delete at the same time, it doesn't let me. There's a black circle with a cross through it that won't let me highlight the files.
After 3 years this video is still helpful. Thank you so much! I 😊
Thank you, Andy. You're a big help.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Elle!
hey there, thanks for info, im looking to delete duplicate pictues, is this safe to use and ensure i don't accidently delete any memorable photos? trying to clean up pictures folders in my laptop, thank you in advance for any tips/suggesetions/answer.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been struggling to organize over 6000 music titles, some of them quadruplicated by four different file types, and THOSE duplicated between cloud and hard drive. I might finally get efficient control over my collection. Bless you!
OMG, OMG, OMG, this is sooooooo helpful. I am cleaning up my HP desktop I purchased in 2014 and have never done any type of backup. I not very computer savvy, but trying to start my new year off better! So I have work documents mixed in with my personal stuff and I nervous about a "computer crash", so I have a Maxtor external harddrive I purchased in 2009 that has 750 mg and I am hoping this should hold all my personal files. I have work laptop and I am taking all the work stuff off of my desktop and can start fresh. I am not sure if I can upgrade my desktop for Windows 11, but even if I can't I love this HP Envy Desktop computer, the screen is 19" and is very clear and easy for me to work with, so I am going to keep it, but I want to keep it maintained, which I haven't done a good job of it, but it's 2022 and a NEW DAY! I am reinventing the working model of my self! Lol! I forgot to say THANK YOU!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Haha Theresa. Thanks for watching, and good luck with the PC maintenance/clean up.
This was perfect, you are amazing! Thank you so much!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching Miss Kelly!
Excellent and easy to use, Thank you so much for creating this type of tool.
Hi. I have downloaded Duplicate Sweeper' and seems ok finding duplicate folders on one drive. I would like to compare my PC hard drive (C) with the external hard drive (E). Is this possible? Thanks.
Best thing since sliced bread! I can not thank you enough! I've been looking for just this thing.
Hi Andy. about this app. when you search for duplicates file, does only duplicates files appear after the search or the orignal files appears also in the search list. please can you help me on this. thank you
You saved me a lot of time.thank you so much!!
I'm a little confused. so if you only choose one base folder does it search the entire computer for duplicates of the files in that base folder? is that how it works?
I dont't normally comment on KZread Videos but this was really helpful. Thanks a Ton!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful Joel. And thanks for the comment! 😀
I wanted to import 1 image from a video to desktop... instead it copied the same image 17.000 times to my desktop causing it to crash, thank you for your help!
Thanks for this, sir. :) You helps me a lot.
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that the video helped Tifanny!
How do i select all duplicate groups at once beside group one. I have so many files and i can select it with cntrl+A option. It selects all the groups. Please help me fast
very good video, well explained and very thorough. Thumbs up for sure. Thanks!
I don't know After 2 years I found this channel Huge THANKs for this video Mister Andy I had problem I save Images Movies in my computer with several name and my laptop keeps freezing But This channel Helped me saved me from problem 💖💖💖💖
You are doing a great job man Thanks for the information
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Appreciate it!
Andy, spot on, exactly what I was after thank you
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching Steven!
Thank you, was actually searching for a way to delete duplicate Photos, but need to do this too!
Much needed. Thanks!!!! Really appreciate it.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful Vijay!
Subscribed immediately. Thanks a lot Andy
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Terny!
Thank you very much , I was looking for this long time how to get ride of duplicate files
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Glad this video was helpful. Thank you for watching.
You are a lifesaver, thank you so much.
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
Help!!!! I highlighted in group duplicate all #2s. Then right click then delete But it deleted all the files . All#1 files still show on the program but all pictures are now gone from original folder and I cant find them. What do I do
thanks bro.. you made my day ... i love the way you talk and explain ... million of thanks.
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Appreciate the feedback!
This is great. Thanks for sharing!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Samadori!
can I limit the search for picture files on my C drive ( jpeg png tif files) somehow?
Thank you so much!!! you are so easy to understand.
My man .... Subscribed ...you're doing things bro!
Very Well Done! Great Job!
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Thanks Mr Park... Awesome video and great help...
Thank you so much for your clear Explanation!
This program is going to be super helpful in getting back some hard drive space. I have duplicate files over multiple drives and I need the space. 👍
Thank you very much, this is super helpful
Hi, Andy I got some great info. but I am not a computer savvy person, and I usually keep all the stuff in my system as not to accidently delete some thing I may need later. But I have lots of family pic of my kids. and since the invent of high definition phone cameras you can take 10 times more pictures of same moment. Now I have changed my 1 tera to 3 tera byte HD. and it seems I need to get more in few more years as more of my grand children come in my life. I spend lot of my time make folders of each of my kids and their children (my grand children) and of course the pics get duplicated each time. What I need from you is a suggestion what should I do ? regards Azher
Thanks for taking the time to make this video
SO SO helpful for us less computer savvy folks. thank you
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found the video helpful Kim!
Great utility! Thanks Andy.
Thank you my man, you are my hero of today.
Thank you SO much! After deleting files within the SearchMyFiles program, do you 'Save the Configuration' or Save in any other way, or just exit the app?
Very useful, thank you!
@AndyPark365
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent software and instructor. Thank you so much.
Hugely helpful, thank you
I just subscribed to your channel because so far your explanation has been the clearest on doing what I need today and I'm sure your assistance in the future will be very helpful. I have one question - after going through your video, I discover I have more duplicates in my one drive files (no doubt) than on my computer, and now get a yellow ! in my cloud icon asking me if I'm sure I want to delete the 1094 duplicates - how can I be sure it's ok to let them go? or do you recommend that I go through them one by one to be sure? TIA for your assistance.
@eddiekeith
Жыл бұрын
Hi ...Great question! I do a complete copy and paste to new Folder. May do this with a couple of new folders. Repeat a few times until I have confidence with files mgt. Hope this helps.
Thank you for the video! Please, could you describe how to exclude from searching all the files with a specific extension?
yo man , thanks for the video. I glad to find this
@AndyPark365
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I could help. Thanks Christopher!