Kernel Duplicate File Finder scans Windows folders or drives for duplicate files of almost all types. You can add Windows drives or one or more folders for finding duplicates in them. The tool supports almost all file types as given below:

File Type Supported file formats
Image Files JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, JP2, ICO, EXIF, RAW
Audio Files MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, AIFF, APE, TTA, WV, SHN
Video Files MP4, MKV, 3GP, AVI, FLV, WEBM, VOB
Archive Files ZIP, RAR, 7Z, ISO, JAR, TAR
Database Files DB, MDF, MDB, PDB, SQLITE, ITDB, GDB, DB3, WMDB, SDF, DBS
Text Files TXT, TEXT, RTF
MS Office Files DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX
Adobe Files PDF, PS, EPS, PRN
Web Files ASP, ASPX, CHM, CSS, DHTML, HTML, JS, JSON, PHP, RSS

How to find duplicate files?

The following is the step-by-step method to find the duplicate items from your Windows system using the Kernel Duplicate File Finder.

Step 1:

Launch Kernel Duplicate File Finder and click Add Folder(s) with the Plus icon.

Launch Kernel Duplicate File Finder

Step 2:

Click the Add (+) button to select folders (or drive) from your computer.

Click the Add (+) button to select folders (or drive) from your computer

Step 3:

Choose the folder(s) and click the Select Folder button.

Choose the folder(s) and click the Select Folder button

Step 4:

When you have selected and added the required folders to run the scan, click Start Scan.

When you have selected and added the required folders to run the scan

Step 5:

The tool shows all the file types that it can recognize for duplicate content. These file types are Image, Audio, Video, Archive, Database, Text, Microsoft Office, Adobe Files, Web Files (you can also see the formats for each file type that the tool can scan). You can choose the required file type and then set the minimum and maximum file size. Also, you can choose to Skip the Hidden File. Lastly, click the OK button.

Choose the required file type and then set the minimum and maximum file size

Step 6:

The tool has scanned the folder and found the duplicate items in the specified folders. Now, click Pre-Operation Analysis.

Scan the folder and found the duplicate items in the specified folders

Step 7:

There are two action categories for the duplicate items. The first one is to keep either newest or oldest files. The second one is to move to another folder, delete to Recycle Bin, or delete the files permanently. After selecting the options, click Display Duplicate Files.

Two action categories for the duplicate items

Step 8:

The tool will show the files which will be affected by the selected action. Click Proceed.

Show the files which will be affected by the selected action

Step 9:

In the example, the option was chosen to delete the files to the Recycle Bin. So, the message will appear about the selected option. You need to click the Confirm Operation button to finalize the process.

Chosen to delete the files to the Recycle Bin

Step 10:

The selected files are successfully deleted to the Recycle Bin. Click OK.

The selected files are successfully deleted to the Recycle Bin

The method mentioned above works for all the files present in the computer drives and folders. You can choose multiple folders and check for duplicate data in a single attempt.

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