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Find Duplicate Files

Powershell script to find and/or delete duplicate files

  • Explicit in Windows PowerShell – it allows you run the script on all modern Windows computer, without installing/import anything.
  • Attention! This script can delete files! Use only at your own risk! Only use the script if you understand what it is doing.

Function:

There are two scripts. The first one is getInventur.ps1. The script ask you for folder to scan, and make an inventur of Files with MD5 checksum. The inventure is then stored on .\All-Files-With-Hashes.csv. On second csv names .\All-Duplicate-Files.csv you find all duplicate files.
The second script .\deleteDuplicateFiles.ps1 open a form where you can choose some options (check/move/delete/delete empty folder).

Link GitHub: https://github.com/vitalyruhl/FindDuplicateFiles

PowerShell script to find and/or delete duplicate files

Vitaly Ruhl