How to Find and Delete Duplicate Files in Windows 10 without Software

"Does Microsoft have a duplicate file finder that will find any files, not just photos?"

As a popular system among users, Microsoft Windows does offer various features, while it does not have built-in duplicate finder software to automatically deal with the duplicate files wasting your Computer space. So, how to find and delete duplicate files in Windows 10 without native software? Here you can either use Windows File Explorer or Command to make it.

• Part 1: How to Find Duplicate Files without Software via Windows Explorer
• Part 2: How to Find Duplicate Files without Software using Command
• Bonus Tips: The Easiest & Fastest Way to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

Part 1: Find Duplicate Files without Software via Windows Explorer

Though there is no any specialized software to help you find out duplicate files on Windows 10, you can still manually pick out duplicate files without software with 2 useful Windows features on File Explorer. The first one is Windows View, which allows you to sort out your files by name or size so that you are able to compare files to distinguish between original and duplicate files. Here you can follow these steps.

1. Using Windows View

Step 1: Open the folder you want to find duplicate files.

Step 2: Click View > Details pane > Details.

Step 3: Click Name or Size to sort out files and check for those files in identical/similar name or the same size. Pick out the duplicate files and right-click to delete them.

2. Using Windows Search

Another useful Windows feature to find duplicate files without software on Windows 10 is Windows search. This tool makes it much easier to search for duplicate files especially when you know the duplicate file name and file extension. Here are the steps.

Step 1: Go to the folder containing duplicate files.

Step 2: Enter file name and extension into search window.

Step 3: Check the file with the same names and delete the duplicate one from Computer.

Part 2: Find Duplicate Files without Software using Command

In addition to File Explorer, Windows Command can also help you catch the duplicate files on Windows 10 Computer. Here you can know how to find and delete duplicate files without software by executing command in Windows PowerShell.

Step 1: Press Win + Q key to open Search Windows and type powershell. Then right-click on Windows PowerShell and run it as administrator.

Step 2: In PowerShell window, enter following command and hit Enter.

set-location –path C:

Note: Replace C: with your target drive.

Step 3: Enter following command and press Enter.

ls "scan folder" -recurse | get-filehash | group -property hash | where { $_.count -gt 1 } | % { $_.group } | Out-File -FilePath "scan result location"

Note: Change scan folder into your target folder, and change scan result location into the location that you want to export the list for duplicate files.

Step 4: Wait until the list of duplicate files is generated and you can open it to view where your duplicate files are. Then you can manually delete the duplicate files from Windows 10.

額外提示：尋找重複文件的最簡單、最快的方法

實際上，Windows 即使沒有軟體也可以找出重複的檔案。然而，手動一一查找重複檔案非常耗時，並且難以處理那些複雜的命令。如果您正在尋找一種有效的方法來查找和刪除 Windows 上的重複文件， iSumsoft DupFile Refixer 具有以下功能可能是您的最佳選擇！

• 使用者友善的介面，易於使用
• 一次查找不同資料夾中的重複檔案
• 刪除重複的照片、音樂、文件等
• 依不同類型整理重複文件
• 一鍵選擇並刪除重複檔案
• 刪除 Windows/外接硬碟/USB 中的重複項

現在，讓我們在 Windows 10 電腦上下載並安裝 iSumsoft DupFile Refixer 並啟動它。

下載

第1步：點選新增按鈕選擇您的掃描磁碟機或被重複檔案所佔用的資料夾。

第2步：在主畫面上，點選設定並管理要掃描的檔案類型、大小。然後點選確定完成設定並點選開始掃描。

步驟3：很快，iSumsoft DupFile Refixer將自動尋找並分類所選資料夾中的所有重複檔案。只需點擊檔案名稱旁邊的方塊即可選擇所有重複檔案並立即刪除。

注意：右鍵單擊重複文件，然後單擊打開文件位置，您可以導航到重複文件所在的資料夾並查看更多詳細資訊。

底線

手動搜尋或輸入命令都可以幫助您在Windows 10中找到重複的文件，而無需任何額外的軟體。但是，如果您的 Windows 上堆積了大量重複文件，那麼使用專業的重複文件查找器（例如 iSumsoft DupFile Refixer）只需單擊幾下即可處理所有重複文件，會節省時間更多。

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