Windows 8's built-in search function is pretty good at finding individual files and all the other files that share the same name. However, it does not do a good job of clearly flagging identical files ...

Reader Pam is looking for a way to “clean out duplicate files, documents, pictures, etc.,” but doesn’t want to spend money on the project. In other words, she wants a freeware solution. I’ve got just ...

MiniTool Partition Wizard, developed by MiniTool® Software Limited, is a comprehensive disk management tool for Windows users ...

Windows only: A little sloppy file keeping can lead to a lot of duplicate and space-hogging files. Dig up all your dupes with the speedy Fast Duplicate File Finder ...

If you are using a PC for a long time, files with the same contents are saved around HDD and SSD, and sometimes wastefully consuming the capacity of the drive. However, it is difficult to confirm and ...

As professionals, most of us have our digital work files well organized. Our personal files? Not so much. I am no exception. My “professional” files are very well organized, but with my personal files ...

A couple months back I wrote about Fast Duplicate File Finder, a free utility that scans selected folders on your hard drive, locates any duplicate files, then gives you the option of removing them. I ...

Your photo library is a mess. Your downloads folder is a mess. Your music folders are riddled with so many duplicates that you can’t tell what’s new and what’s ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

How much space do duplicate files take up on your iPad? In theory, they use no extra storage. Thanks to the design of the Apple File System (APFS) used on iOS and macOS, duplicating a file doesn’t ...