Duplicate Cleaner Pro

Removing duplicate files is a good way to save disk space and to organize disk space in an efficient manner, but it wouldn't be so efficient if you compare the files one by one in Windows Explorer. Duplicate Cleaner Pro can identify duplicate files, based on various criteria. Besides finding identical files, it can also find files that are similar to a certain degree, regardless of their names.

The software is free to try, without any notable functionality restrictions. It provides support for all modern Windows versions and it can be installed in a matter of seconds. Duplicate Cleaner Pro doesn't ask for too much disk space, RAM or processing power and you don't have to install any prerequisite tools.

Duplicate Cleaner Pro comes with a tabbed user interface, on which you can define various search criteria, choose which folders to scan and view the scan results. When your preparations are complete, you only need to click a button on a toolbar to start scanning. The process is fairly quick, even if you target more than one folder.

Duplicate files and folders are listed on separate tabs, along with numerous details, including their location on the hard drive. You could select duplicate files manually, by clicking their corresponding check boxes, but a faster way is to use the program's selection assistant, to instantly select the newest or oldest files, largest or smallest and so on, from each duplicates group. Besides deleting the found duplicates right away, you may also set the program to send the files to the recycle bin first, to move or copy them to another location, to rename them or to create hardlinks.

The program uses various search methods to identify duplicates and it allows you to make all sorts of fine tweaks. You can set it to look for files with identical content or content that is only similar by a certain percentage. It is possible to include other criteria, like file names, creation dates and so on. Furthermore, the program can search for any files, but you can also set it to look for duplicate images or audio files. It provides you with separate tweaking options for each file type. For example, you can locate duplicate audio files by their track, artist or album names or by other data within their tags.