To instantly find files in your results with the same size: Right click the size column header and click Find size duplicates.
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Include dupe:size in your search:
To find files with the same content:
Include dupe:size;sha256 in your search.
The SHA-256 value is only calculated for files with the same size.
Calculating SHA-256 will take a very long time.
For the best performance, combine the dupe:size;sha256 search with other search filters.
When using duplicate, unique, or distinct modes, new results are not included automatically.
Press F5 to refresh your find duplicate results.
Changes to existing results update in real-time.
Find duplicate results
Everything can find files/folders with duplicate property values in the current results.
To find duplicates results:
Right click a column header and click Find <property> duplicates.
For example, to find size-duplicate files/folders:
Right click the size column header and click Find size duplicates.
Only items with duplicates are shown. DUPE text is shown in the status bar on the right.
Double click the DUPE text in the status bar or change the search to clear the find-duplicates view.
If no property is specified, Everything will default to the name property.
For example, to find files/folders with the same size, include the following in your search: dupe:size
To find files/folders with multiple duplicate property values:
Include the following in your search:
dupe:<property-list>
where <property-list> is a semicolon (;) delimited list of property names.
A maximum of 8 properties are supported.
For example, to find files/folders with the same name and size, include the following in your search: dupe:name;size
To find files with duplicate content:
Include the following in your search:
dupe:size;sha256
Everything compares file sizes first.
If the size matches, Everything will then gather the SHA-256 hash to compare content.
Gathering the SHA-256 hash will take a long time.
Use dupe-from: to find duplicates that include at least one item from a specific folder.
For example: *.jpg dupe-from:"C:\My Photos" dupe:size
Find unique results (including first duplicate)
Find unique (including first duplicate) is also known as distinct in Everything.
To find distinct results:
Right click a column header, right click Find <property> duplicates and click Find unique (including first duplicate).
For example, to find distinct names in the results:
Right click the Name column header, right click Find Name duplicates and click Find unique (including first duplicate).
Everything only shows items that are unique or the first duplicate. DISTINCT text is shown in the status bar on the right.
Double click the DISTINCT text in the status bar or change the search to clear the find-distinct view.
For example: distinct-sort:path;date-modified distinct:path = matches the latest modified file/folder in each folder distinct-sort:path;size distinct:path = matches the largest file/folder size in each folder
Find unique results (not duplicate)
To find unique results:
Right click a column header, right click Find <property> duplicates and click Find unique (not duplicate).
For example, to find unique names in the results:
Right click the Name column header, right click Find Name duplicates and click Find unique (not duplicate).
Everything only shows items that do not have duplicates. UNIQUE text is shown in the status bar on the right.
Double click the UNIQUE text in the status bar or change the search to clear the find-unique view.
If no property is specified, Everything will default to the name property.
For example, to find unique filenames, include the following in your search: unique:name
Dupe lines
Horizontal dividing lines are shown when values change between items.
To customize the line color:
In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Advanced tab on the left.
To the right of Show settings containing, search for: dupe
Select dupe_line_color (or dupe_line_dark_color for dark mode).
Click the color button.
Select a new color and click OK.
Click OK.
To hide the dividing line:
In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Advanced tab on the left.
To the right of Show settings containing, search for: dupe
Select dupe_lines.
Set the value to: false
Click OK.
Group colors
Group colors shows results in different colors.
Items sharing the same property values are shown in the same color.
To show files/folders that share the same properties in different colors:
Include group-colors: in your search:
Everything will now show files/folders in different colors.
files and folders that share the same property values will be colored the same.
Colors are generated by a hash of the property values.
Please use colors as a guide only.
Different colors guarantee that the property values are different.
However, the same colors do not always mean the same property values.
Different property values can generate the same colors.
To always show files/folders that share the same properties in different colors when finding duplicates/distinct/unique items:
In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Advanced tab on the left.
To the right of Show settings containing, search for: dupe
