Windows 10: How to search for and delete duplicate Word files with a script or macro

I have many duplicate Word files recipes in various folders. Is it possible to write a script or macro to search for and delete duplicate files. If so can I shield specified folders. Thank you in advance for your help. Fred

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macro code made word 2013 freeze

i wanted to check for duplicate text in my word file. it is possible by creating a macro in word and running it. i tried these things:-
1) How to Find & Highlight Duplicate Sentences in MS Word | Get eSolutions
2) How to find and highlight duplicate paragraphs in Word document?
3) How to find duplicate content in Microsoft Word documents (doc, docx) – GTechHub
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each website has a different macro code for checking duplicates. all of them made word freeze when i clicked on run macro

i just want to confirm that the freezing could be due to bug in the coding and it's not because the macro has coding which is malware related

 

Can't delete searched files

I have a folder that has 2 copies per item, all with the word 'copy' in the filename which I want to delete. Instead of deleting them one by one I entered 'copy' in the search bar which brings up all the duplicate files, yet I can't delete them even though it's an option in the dialog box - nothing happens. No error message - nothing..

Any suggestions what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks..

 

Finding duplicate files

Hey hey,

During the years the backups have just accumulated in random places, essentially, and I would like to clean up. Is there a program that can search for duplicate files? And by that I mean identical files. I tried dupeGuru, but that somehow found ... all files to be identical I guess? Like how a bunch of jpg's with different names, sizes and locations being marked 100% identical, or how a bunch of xls-files with completely different everything also were 100% matches with each other. I don't need any fancy functions, just a list of the files that share the name and filesize and created/last write dates.