Free Duplicate File Finder: Find & Delete Duplicate Files in Your Browser

Scan any folder for exact, byte-identical duplicate files of any type (documents, videos, music, archives, downloads, whole backup drives), entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is installed, and you never make an account.

How to find duplicate files without downloading anything

1

Open the tool and pick a folder

There is nothing to install and no sign-up. Click "Choose a Folder" and grant the page access to the folder you want to clean up. It works directly on your computer, and nothing is uploaded.

2

Let it compare file contents

The tool first rules out every file whose size is unique (those can't have a duplicate, so they're never even opened), then double-checks the rest by comparing their actual contents, byte for byte. Duplicate groups appear live as they're found, so you can start reviewing within seconds.

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Review, with a keeper already chosen

Each group of identical files arrives with one copy pre-selected to keep: by default the oldest one, since duplicates are usually copies made later. A truthful badge explains why that copy won, and you can change it, switch to keeping the newest or the one in the shortest path, or dismiss a group entirely.

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Reclaim the space safely

By default the extra copies are moved into a review folder inside your own folder, and nothing is deleted until you delete that folder yourself. Prefer permanent deletion? It's there, behind a one-time typed confirmation. You can also download a report of exactly what was removed.

Why you shouldn't install a duplicate cleaner just to scan one folder

Search for a duplicate file finder and every result is a desktop program you have to download and install, and most of them paywall the part that actually removes the duplicates. Installing a random cleaner utility is exactly the kind of thing that's blocked on work laptops and school Chromebooks, and exactly the kind of thing you shouldn't do lightly on a machine full of your own files.

The "online" alternatives are worse: to compare your files a website would have to receive them, which means uploading: impractical for a folder of large videos or a backup drive, and a privacy problem nobody should accept just to tidy a Downloads folder.

This tool takes neither path. It opens in a browser tab, reads the folder in place on your own computer, and uploads nothing. You can disconnect your internet after the page loads and it still works. No install, no account, no files leaving your machine.

How it checks files are truly identical

Contents, not names or dates

It compares the actual contents of your files, byte for byte, not their names, not their sizes alone, not their modified dates. Two files are only ever grouped when their full contents match exactly. That means a renamed copy, a re-downloaded installer, and a file dragged from an old backup all get caught, while two genuinely different files that happen to share a size are never mistaken for each other.

Fast, because it barely reads your disk

Comparing every file completely would be slow. Instead it quickly rules out files that can't possibly match (anything with a one-of-a-kind size is skipped without ever being opened), then does a fast pre-check on the rest and only fully compares the handful that survive. On a normal folder it ends up reading a small fraction of your files, and it handles even very large folders and files efficiently.

What happens to the duplicates

Nothing is touched until you say so. When you're ready, the default action moves every copy you didn't keep into a folder called _Duplicates_Review_ inside the folder you scanned. Each file is copied there and verified before the original is removed, and name collisions get a "(2)" rather than overwriting anything, so nothing is ever lost in the move.

You reclaim the space the moment you delete that review folder yourself, once you've had a look. If you'd rather skip the middle step, permanent deletion is available as an explicit opt-in with its own typed confirmation, and even then, each file is re-checked immediately before removal so a copy that changed since the scan is skipped rather than deleted.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are my files uploaded anywhere? +
No. Every comparison happens on your device, inside your browser. Your files never leave your machine. You can disconnect your internet after the page loads and the tool keeps working.
How does it know two files are truly identical? +
It compares the actual contents of the files, byte for byte, not just their names, sizes, or dates. Two files are only ever grouped as duplicates when their full contents match exactly, so it never flags two different files as copies.
Will it delete my files automatically? +
Never automatically. The default action moves the extra copies into a _Duplicates_Review_ folder inside the folder you scanned, so nothing is lost. You delete that folder yourself whenever you're confident. Permanent deletion is a separate opt-in that requires typing a confirmation.
Can it handle very large folders and files? +
Yes. It reads files a little at a time instead of loading them into memory, so a folder of huge videos or a whole backup drive uses about the same memory as a folder of small text files. Files with a unique size are never opened at all, so most of your files are never read.
Which browsers are supported? +
Finding duplicates works in every modern browser. Moving or deleting files directly requires a Chromium-based browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera). In Firefox and Safari you get a downloadable checklist of exactly which files to remove instead.
Can it compare two different folders? +
Today it scans one folder at a time. To compare two folders, pick the parent folder that contains both: any duplicate that exists across them will be grouped together. A dedicated compare-two-folders mode is planned.

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