Duplicate files are very annoying for some people.
They not only eat your inadequate disk space but also make your computer files disorganized.
It takes a large amount of time to find and delete the unwanted files.
This article is to give a guide to find and remove them from your computer.
Using a duplicate finding tool is the best way to find and delete the duplicate files on your computer.
But before you install one on your Windows system, you need to know what the most important criteria are to choose one.
Multiple Search Criteria Sometimes the duplicate documents, videos, audios and images have the same name, but sometimes they do not.
To find out the identical files of different names, you need to compare the files by other criteria like size, similar name, file type, modified date and so on.
Using multiple criteria can make the search process more effective.
Search Report You should choose one which exports the search report and enables you to select which files to delete.
Some tools do not export a report, but delete all the duplicate files without letting you choose which files to remove.
Some important files can be deleted along with the unwanted ones.
This can cause you big trouble when you cannot find the important files.
Support All Removable Devices Some searching tools do not support removable devices like USB drives, your iPod, iPhone, Zune, Zip, PSP, Mp4 and the like.
This is very inconvenient when you try to delete the duplicate files on your removable devices.
Using a tool that supports all kinds of removable devices will save you a lot of efforts and time.
Synchronize Files Some people want to synchronize files in different folders and delete the redundant files.
Some tool can also do the synchronization.
This function helps a lot of people delete the duplicate files and synchronize the folders in computer and removable devices.