Duplicate File Finder

This tool lets you search your drives for duplicate files. This function has two distinct modes:

  1. To search for all files that appear more than once (i.e. all duplicate files).
  2. To search for duplicates of one or more specific files.

 

To access the duplicate file finder, select the Find Duplicate Files command from the Tools menu. The duplicate file finder appears at the bottom of the Lister in the Utility Panel.

The top section of the duplicate file finder panel lets you specify where to search. You can search one or more folders (or entire drives) at once by adding entries to the Find in list.
 

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Each entry in the list corresponds with a folder to search. To add a folder to the list, double-click the Add folder to search item. You can also use the Select Folders to Search (Dupe Files - Select.png) button on the toolbar - this displays a folder selection dialog with checkboxes so you can select multiple folders simultaneously. You can edit a folder path in the list by double-clicking it (or select it and press F2 if you want to enter the path using the keyboard).

To remove a folder from the list, select it and click the Remove Folder (Dupe Files - Delete.png) button. The Reset Folder List (Dupe Files - Reset.png) button clears the folder list, and the Lock Folder (Dupe Files - Lock.png) button locks the Find in location to the folder displayed in the current file display. When the folder is locked, the Find in list will automatically reset to the current location whenever you navigate in the file display.

 

The bottom section of the panel lets you specify which files you want to search for duplicates of. If this list is empty, the finder will search for all duplicated files (mode one). If you specify one or more files in this list, the finder will only search for duplicates of those files (mode two).
 

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Each entry in the list represents a file that the finder will search for duplicates of. To add a file to the list, double-click the Add file to search for duplicates of item, or click the Browse (Dupe Files - Browse.png) button on the toolbar. You can edit a file path in the list by double-clicking it (or select it and press F2 if you want to enter the path by hand). Use the Remove File (Dupe Files - Delete File.png) button to remove a file from the list, and the Clear File List (Dupe Files - Reset Files.png) button to clear it.

 

The right-hand side of the panel contains options that let you control how Opus searches for duplicates.

 

When you have specified the locations and parameters for the duplicates search, click the Find button to begin.

 

When using the Delete mode option, you can override the main Preferences Recycle Bin setting when deleting any selected duplicate files.

 

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The Delete button in the bottom-right of the panel has a drop-down menu attached which lets you choose exactly how you want to delete the duplicates.