Regular Mode

This option will find files with exactly the same content inside, regardless of name or date.

 

Note: For advanced users, the method using for comparing exact files can be changed in the Options screen.

 

This option allows you to find files with similar contents.  The minimum similarity is controlled by changing the percentage.

Running a scan using this option can be several times slower than with the Same content option.

 

Use this option if you want to ignore the content of the file, and instead compare by criteria such as file name, size or date. You must select an additional criteria when using this option.

With this option, files with the same filenames (filename + extension) will be grouped as duplicates.

With this option, files with the similar filenames (filename + extension) will be grouped as duplicates.

 

Note: Numbers in the filenames are ignored.

 

This option will find duplicates with the same file size.

 

Note: This is greyed out if the 'Same Content' option is selected, as this type of scan already assumes the files will be the same size.

 

This option will group files with the same Modified Date/Time.

 

Note: times are rounded to the nearest second for comparison.

This option will group files with the same Created Date/Time.

 

Note: times are rounded to the nearest second for comparison.