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Working with multiple files of the same type, for instance large collections of songs or pictures, might leave duplicates behind, which can take up quite a bit of disk space on the long run. Luckily, there are tons of third-party applications like Duplicate Files Deleter dedicated to help you clean your computer.

First of all, the application can only function if .NET Framework is already on your computer, so you need to make sure it’s there. On the other hand, Duplicate Files Deleter doesn’t require setup, so it’s easy to have it stored and carried around on a thumb drive in case you need to use it on other computers.

The interface can feel a little overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t take a lot of effort to figure out how things go. There’s a side navigation panel which helps you easily pick the directories you want to include in the scan operation, several scan-related settings, as well as the results table which shows detected items in different colors for easy identification.

There’s the possibility to have multiple folders included in the scan operation. Just to narrow down results and save time, the application makes it easy to set up file masks to include or exclude, with several groups already configured, while also providing the liberty of specifying your own.

Accessing the settings panel makes it possible to define several behavior options. You can include Recycle Bin and protected folders in the process, check files by name, MD5 checksum, or audio tags, skip compressed, zero-size, and temporary files, and several more. When done, you can either have duplicates removed, or moved to a location of choice.

To sum it up, Duplicate Files Deleter is a reliable application you can use to clean your PC after you worked on some assembly projects, or finished building a collection of similar files. Various parameters and filters can be set up, while the scan operation itself takes little time, letting you either move, or remove target items.