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How to Delete Duplicate Files
To delete Duplicate Files using Duplicate File Finder, please perform the following steps:
1. Click Tools -> Duplicate File Finder.
2. Click Options if you want to modify Duplicate File Finder settings.
3. The Quick Heal Duplicate File Finder Options window opens. In the Please select a duplicate category type
frame; uncheck the categories that need to be skipped by the Duplicate File Finder.
4. In the Exclude folder(s) frame, you can add exclusion lists for Duplicate File Finder to skip. Click Add Folder button to
add the locations for exclusions. Highlight a location and click Clear, if the added location is incorrect. Click Clear All to
remove all exclusion locations added.
5. The Use Secure Delete option will be activated by default, and One Pass Random – Quick Data Destruction
deletion method is selected by default. You can select any deletion method or deactivate Use Secure Delete option by
unchecking it. See
Deletion Methods to know about different deletion methods.
6. Click Apply button to save the modification of settings; else click Close button to exit without saving any modified
settings.
7. Click Add Path to add the path for Duplicate File Finder to search for duplicate files. This opens the Browse for folder
window. Browse for the required folder. Check Exclude sub-folder if you want to exclude the sub-folders within the
folder in the scan. By default Exclude sub-folder option will be unchecked. Click OK after selecting the required path. If
the added path is incorrect, highlight that path and click Clear to delete the path. Click Clear All to delete all the added
paths from the list.
8. Click Start Search.
9. A list of file locations collapsed with duplicate file locations will be displayed. The information of the scan will be provided
in the following fields:
• Search Progress: Displays the progress of the search.
• Folders Scanned: Displays the number of folders scanned.
• Files Scanned: Displays the number of files scanned.
• Duplicates Found: Displays the number of files with duplicates found.
• Space Wasted: Displays the space that was consumed by the duplicate files.
Figure 6-6: Using Duplicate File Finder
10. Check the option Check All to select all the duplicate files within the collapsed originals.
11. Click Delete button to delete all the duplicate files
12. Click Close to exit from the Tools menu.