Fast Duplicate Finder - What's New?

Find Similar And Duplicate Files | Find Similar File Names

Although our tools are the best of their kind we keep improving and optimizing them.

You can find the major changes in every release in the list below. We recommend using the latest version.

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Compatible with Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista (Both 32 & 64 Bit)

Duplicate File Finder What's New

Version 6.3.0.1:

Improved precision
Improved performance

Version 6.2.0.1:

Added: "Check All in This Folder" popup menu item in the results list
Added: "Check All in This Folder and Subfolders" popup menu item in the results list
Added: The program creates symbolic links using relative paths (if possible) when "Create Symbolic Links" action is performed
Added: Alt+Enter shortcut opens the File Properties dialog
Fixed: The files date/time displayed in the results list were not adjusted according to the local time zone

Version 6.0.0.2:

Fixed: Crash when adding folders on Windows 11 OS

Version 6.0.0.1:

Added: Windows 11 Support
Added: Preview of PDF files (Available only in PRO version)
Improved: Support for symbolic links
Improved: Exporting large projects to CSV is much faster
Fixed: "Locate in Explorer" action didn't select the file
Fixed: File names were lowercased if the files were copied/moved after "Similar File Names" scan

Version 5.9.0.1:

Fixed: Wrong group order after Delete/Move/Copy action is performed
Added: Quick-Check option "Match full path" (Available only in PRO version)
Added: Scan options "Compare only files with same extensions" and "Do not compare file extensions" are saved to the project

Version 5.8.0.1:

Added: Two new auto-check options - "Shorter paths" and "Longer paths"
Improved: Greatly optimized performance when scanning large amount of files
Improved: RAW images preview
Fixed: Exported as XML results contain swapped FileName and FileSize attributes
Fixed: Exported as CSV results contain the full file name including path in the FileName column instead of only the file name part

Version 5.5.0.2:

Improved: Performance optimizations
Fixed: Progress-bar displaying 100% for long time

Version 5.4.0.1:

Added: Option to auto-check shorter/longer file names
Fixed: Crash on damaged DNG files
Fixed: Not all folders under user folder were scanned if "Protect system files and folders" option was checked

Version 5.2.0.1:

Added: 64 Bit version for higher performance and larger file lists
Added: Option to toggle "Preserve group integrity on sort" - was always ON by default
Improved: Faster Save/Load/Export to XML on large projects

Version 5.0.0.1:

Added option to Copy checked files to a target folder
Fixed moving/deleting files from UNC paths like //server/folder/image.jpg
Clicking on the vertical splitter handle restores right panel (previously panel was restored on mouse over)
Added option "Match full path" to exclude folder names from auto check (Available only in PRO version)

Version 4.9.0.1:

Greatly improved speed in "100% equal files" mode, especially if comparing large files with different content.
Added two new "After Scan" options: "Save project and display results" and "Save project and close application.

Version 4.7.0.1:

Extended date options in Auto Check, Filter, Quick Check and Exclude from Auto Check, so that created, modified or last accessed file date can now be used.
Added separate columns Created, Modified and Accessed to show each individual file date.
Created, Modified and Accessed file dates are saved to the exported projects.
Fixed - similarity slider can be now increased to 100% using the mouse.
Fixed order of duplicate groups - preserved on load/save
Fixed loading projects where decimal separator is different from the current locale decimal separator.
Fixed moving files from UNC paths like \\Server\Path\

Version 4.3.0.1:

Added option to Keep Folder Structure while moving files. In the previous versions it was always ON
In Filter dialog added option to filter folders by name
Clicking on the folders grid header icons now checks/un-checks all folders
Browse for folder dialog is updated so that if no folders are checked - the currently selected folder is added
If delete/move file operation fails, hex error code is displayed in the log
Desktop folders can be scanned, all shortcut files on desktop are skipped

Version 4.1.0.1:

In results grid added pop-up menu item "Remove from List..."
In results grid added pop-up menu item "Remove Group from List..."
Fixed issue deleting large amount of files
Fixed issue that prevented the program to show results on rotated desktops
Fixed loading some older project file formats
Faster and safer way of getting associated file icons

Version 4.0.0.1:

Added support for Unicode file names
Improved folders list - added display of the Exclude From Auto-check and Exclude From Self-scan features
Added preview of Microsoft Office files up to version 2007 (Requires installed Microsoft Office)
Columns sort now sorts the entire columns as well as the individual groups
In "Similar File Names" mode added option "Do not compare file names extension"
Faster deleting/moving large amount of files
Improved scanning speed when the scanned folders contain a large amount of files
Fixed results grid top panel was not updated after files were deleted or moved
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements

Version 3.7.0.1:

Added command-line parameters -s (silent) and -exp (see command-line help for details) (available only in Pro version)
Improved scanning speed when the scanned folders contain a large amount of files
Fixed results grid top panel was not updated after files were deleted or moved
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements

Version 3.5.0.1:

Added new comparison method - Similar File Names
In Filter dialog added option to include or exclude the matched files from scanning
In Quick Check added new button "Check All Except First in Group"
Added new option "Show warning if all files in a group are marked for deleting"
Faster loading of large projects
Enhanced "Browse for Folders" dialog
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements
Improved Windows 8 support

Version 3.2.0.1:

Added support for symbolic links in Windows 7
Enhanced Move/Delete files and results window
Fixed some CSV export issues
The program will check for Recycle Bin size and show a warning if you want to delete the files to Recycle Bin and there is not enough space available
The program can delete read-only files
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements

Version 3.0.0.1:

Added Quick Check/Uncheck functionality, which allows you to check/uncheck files by their folder, extension, file size, file date, etc. (available only in Pro version)
Added command-line option "-run" which automatically start the scanning process after the program is started. (available only in Pro version)
Added option to automatically log-off, shutdown, hibernate or stand-by the system after scan is finished.
Much faster preprocessing phase when scanning large amount of files.

Version 2.8.0.1:

Added Pause/Resume functionality.
Added new options tab to select which columns you want to be shown in the results grid.
Added warnings when unchecking a selection of files and there are user checked files.
Added hints in filter dialog if the folder location doesn't fit in the "Don't Scan Folders" box.
You can now add/remove multiple folders at once in the filter dialog.
Preview window now uses Media Player 9 for previewing video files.
Fixed some bugs when moving files.
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements, nicer disabled tool-bar.

Version 2.5.0.1:

You can now add multiple folders at once using the enhanced Browse for Folder dialog.
Added new option "Remove from list groups containing single file after delete/move".
Added new option "Show user checked files in different color".
Added new option "Show user checked files in bold font".
Added new Auto Check option to check "Files with newer dates".
Added new Auto Check option to check "Files with bigger sizes" in similarity mode (available only in Pro version)
Added folder pop-up menu "Disable self-Scan For This Folder". This is useful if you want to scan two (or more) folders against each other. (available only in Pro version)
Export the results to XML or CSV file. (available only in Pro version)
Added grid pop-up menu item "Check All Except Excluded" (CTRL+E) which will check all files except the excluded ones from the Advanced dialog in Auto-check options or files whose folder is excluded from auto-check.
Added grid pop-up menu item "Properties" which shows windows explorer file properties window.
Ctrl+K checks the selected files (also available as a grid pop-up menu)
Ctrl+U unchecks the selected files (also available as a pop-up menu)
Quick rename files using F2 or Rename grid pop-up menu.
Left and Right arrow keys can now be used to navigate to previous/next duplicate in the big preview window.
Enter and 'C' key checks/unchecks the duplicate in the big preview window.
Added line numbers in duplicate results grid.
Fixed column sorting on all columns.
There are now two separate columns for File Name and Folder.
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements.

Version 2.0.0.1:

Added new scan method for searching for similar files (available only in Pro version)
Added filter files functionality, so you can exclude files from scanning (available only in Pro version)
Added auto-check mode for smaller files sizes when searching for duplicate files (available only in Pro version)
Added option "Delete empty folders" after scan
Added option "Compare only files with equal extensions" which will increase the scanning speed when searching for similar files.
Fixed auto-check when there are folders disabled for auto-check.
Fixed previewing media files in the big preview window.
Optimized memory usage and allocation, faster speed when scanning very large number of files.

Version 1.1.0.1:

Improved auto-check algorithm.
Changed hashing algorithm.
Fixed preview window, now supports 48bit images.

Version 1.1.0.0:

Greatly improved scanning speed.
Much faster auto check on long duplicates list.
Added option to skip zero byte files.
Ctrl+A selects all files in the list.
Ctrl+I inverts the checked status of selected files.

Version 1.0.0.0:

First public release.