Makesoft DuplicateFinder

Keeping your hard disk free of junk and unnecessary files is important for enabling your PC to run optimally as well as for having room for new data. It might be difficult to do this when you have copies of the same files spread all over the drive. However, the task is simplified with apps like Makesoft DuplicateFinder.

Designed for Windows systems, the application requires no previous experience with file duplicate finders. It has a straightforward default configuration for comparing files byte by byte in order to determine whether or not they're identical.

Meanwhile, skilled users can tinker with these settings. For example, in addition to byte-by-byte matching, you can ask Makesoft DuplicateFinder to look for files with the same names, extensions or date of creation.

Advanced searches can be performed to deliver more accurate results, although this takes longer. They involve integrity verification via MD5, SHA-1 or Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) matching, depending on your preference.

Besides creating the scan scope with any folders to look in, you can point out only specific types of files to include in the search, or create an exclusion list to take everything into account besides the mentioned filetypes. The file dimension can be restricted too by specifying the minimum and maximum size.

Once the scan is over, Makesoft DuplicateFinder automatically selects the duplicate files for deletion, keeping the original copy safe. It's possible to remove any selected files, so you don't have to open your file explorer to do this. Worth noting is that files are not automatically deleted.

The application ran scans quickly in our tests and delivered accurate results. All aspects considered, Makesoft DuplicateFinder offers a straightforward solution and advanced settings for accurately locating files to remove them and free up disk space.