Duplicate File Deleter Guide: Find and Remove Duplicate Files and Similar Images

Step 1: Choose a Folder to Scan

Firstly download and install 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter on your Windows computer and launch it. Here you can click to select a folder or partition to start scanning.

Step 2: Set Scan Mode and Start Scanning

Click the gear button in the lower left corner and you’ll be provided options to customize your file searching. Under the General tab, you can set file size for serching and decide whether to move the duplicate files to the recycle bin or permanently deleted.

Under Ignore scan, Duplicate File Deleter protects Hidden files, Zero-byte files, System files from being scanned. Click the tree horizontal dots besides Excluded path, you can add folders to exclude from scanning.

Click Duplicate files tab, you can decide to remove duplicate files with the same content or name. Under File types, you can choose to scan Video, Audio, Image, Document or Others as you like. To edit file extentions, just tap on the three horizontal dots beside each of them.

When it’s all set and done, click Scan Duplicates to start scanning process which will depend on the data size on your selected folders.

Step 3: Preview to Remove Duplicates

After the scanning, 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter will list all duplicate files based on your searching criteria. On the left panel, you’ll know the quantity and size of each file type. Click the eye icon, you are able to preview the file. After you select target duplicate files (you can also click Auto select), simply click Remove to delete them.

This is how to get rid of duplicate files in Windows with 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter. To remove duplicate files from external devices, just connect your device to computer firstly and then refer to the above steps.

Step 1: Choose a Folder to Scan

Firstly download and install 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter on your Windows computer and launch it. Here you can click to select a folder or partition to start scanning.

Step 2: Set Scan Mode and Start Scanning

By clicking on the gear button in the bottom left corner, you are able to customize the options as we stated in previous part. After you personalize your choices, you can now click Scan similar images to start scanning. Wait until the scanning process is completed, which may take a while depending on the size of your data.

Step 3: Preview to Remove Similar Images

When the scan is finished, you'll find similar images are presented in groups which are organized by size and quantity. Click each group and you're able to preview the similar images. After selecting target files, you can just click Remove to complete the process of deleting similar images.

If you want to delete similar images from external devices, just connect the external devices to your computer and then refer to the above steps.

Step 1: Choose Google Drive and Authorized

To begin, free download and install 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter on your Windows PC. After launching, click on “Find Google Drive Duplicates”. Then a browser will be opened for you to log in your google account and be authorized.

After successful authorization, you will return to the software interface to continue. Here you can choose the location to start finding duplicates. Click OK to continue.

Now click on “Scan Duplicates” to start finding Google Drive duplicates.

Step 2: Choose Location to Scan Google Drive Duplicates

When you click "Scan Duplicates", 4DDiG Duplicate File Deleter will begin scanning Google Drive for duplicate files. Wait until the scanning process is finished, all the scanning duplicates will be listed on the software interface.

Step 3: Remove Google Drive Duplicates

After the scanning process is finished, you'll find Google Drive duplicates are presented in groups that are organized by different file types. Click each group, and you're able to preview the duplicates. Then just select the target duplicate files that you want to remove and click on “Remove” to remove Google Drive duplicates.

You can now easily remove a large number of Google Drive duplicates in 3 steps.