Windows 10: How can I find large files in windows10

Hi.
How can I find large files on my local harddrive
using windows10.
I need to clean up unused large files

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How can I find duplicate files on a disk and in a folder and isolate them for deletion in a folder.

You can try this reliable program.

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/remove-dupli...

 

How can I find duplicate files on a disk and in a folder and isolate them for deletion in a folder.

How can I find duplicate files on a disk and in a folder and isolate them for deletion in a folder.

 

Download and run WinDirStat, that should show you what's taking up the space.

 

Download WizTree it's portable, light, shows top 1000 big files.

https://antibody-software.com/web/so...ur-hard-drive/

 

Thanks for that recommendation, and link to WizTree. Just what I was looking for *Smile
EDIT .. I installed the above program and ran it. Among the many files it found are as per the screenshot I took, and attached to this post.

What is the C:\windows \panther thing? The image I attached shows only a sample selection of that file

 

I use Baidu PC Faster:





It comes direct from one of the largest Chinese IT enterprises, is free and without ads or malware, has a few charmingly Chinglish phrases in its dialogs, and does exactly what you want, regarding large files.

Baidu also make an antivirus and a Chrome-based Browser called Spark.

Baidu PC Faster | We Make PC Faster

Panther is a Microsoft Setup generated folder which contains a snapshot in XML of your old system taken during the upgrade process. It is not needed after the upgrade, but contains fascinating glimpses of what Microsoft telemetry knows about your PC.

 

You can search for large (or any size) files in Windows Explorer.

Start Windows Explorer.

Click on "View", select "Hidden items". Now you will see hidden files.

Select the folders to search or go to C: (or other drive letter) and search the entire drive.

In the "Search Quick access" box on the upper right, type...

size: (make sure to include the colon sign)

These file size selections will appear in a drop down menu:

Empty (0 KB)
Tiny (0 - 10 KB)
Small (10 - 100 KB)
Medium (100 KB - 1 MB)
Large (1 - 16 MB)
Huge (16 - 128 MB)
Gigantic (> 128 MB)

Click on one of the file size selections to search for files in that size range.

 

Can those files be safely deleted?

 

If you don't have any plans of reverting back to the previous version of Windows, then it's just fine to delete it (or use a 'cleanup' software).

 

Great ... thanks.

EDIT .. just to make sure .. can I delete the entire "panther" folder i.e. C:\Windows\panther ?

 

I don't understand why the useful shortcuts to such things as size: and datecreated: (with handy drop-down calendar) are missing in Windows 10. A very retrograde step IMO, even though I often wished more of them were available.

An alternative for the OP is to search for *.* and sort on the size column.

 

Yes.
If I remember it correctly there is another folder (or two) that is associated with the 'panther' folder that can also be deleted. This (or these) folder(s) were created during the Windows 10 upgrade process.