It can be annoying when your PC is cluttered with duplicate files. Even if you’re not the organized type, you’ll find that they’ll end up taking up space sooner or later. It doesn’t matter how they got there – whether it’s from multiple backups, merging drives and folders, or simply copying files from one folder to another. But what’s important is that you don’t remain ignorant about them, because whether you like it or not, these duplicate files are slowing down your computer and eating up your storage space.

However, you can’t just search for files individually. If you haven’t been organized up until now, chances are you have tons of duplicate files, and it’s going to take forever to find them all.

So, here’s how to find (and remove) duplicate files on Windows 11. Note, this works just as well on Windows 10. Let’s get started.

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