Fast Duplicate Finder - What's New?

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 (Both 32 & 64 Bit)

Duplicate File Finder What's New

Version 7.3.0.1:

• Added: Included Created and Accessed file dates in the XML and CSV export files
• Added: Improved Quick Check
• Added: Button "Select" to select all items that match the criteria in the Quick Check dialog
• Added: Improved User Interface
• Added: Clearer filter and exclude from auto-check enabled/disables states
• Added: Support for Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview Version 25H2 10.0.26300
• Fixed: Many smaller improvements and fixes

Version 7.0.0.1:

• Added: Scan method "Same File Size and Name"
• Added: Scan option "Treat Copy (X) as same file name"
• Fixed: File names containing comma not correctly exported to CSV

Version 6.7.0.1:

• Added: Select files using SHIFT+PAGE UP/DOWN keys
• Improved: Error handling when creating symbolic links
• Fixed: Filtering file and folder names
• Fixed: Crash on project auto-save in rare cases
• Fixed: Warning dialog "There are files with the same names in your selection" displayed multiple times
• Fixed: Folder and files names containing commas are enclosed in quotes when exporting to CSV

Version 6.5.0.3:

• Improved: Quick Check/Auto-check
• Improved: Other small fixes and improvements

Version 6.5.0.2:

• Fixed: Loading/saving Quick Check/Auto-check settings

Version 6.5.0.1:

• Added: Warning if you try to copy/move duplicate files with the same name to a folder and "Keep folder structure" option is unchecked
• Added: Improved "Auto-check"
• Added: Improved error reporting for file operations and long paths
• Fixed: In some non-latin languages file size column shows ?? instead of KB, MB, GB

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.