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FilePilot for Windows scans your C: drive, external drives, and OneDrive folders to find exact and near-duplicate files. Reclaim 20-200 GB by removing duplicate photos, documents, music files, and downloads. Works on NTFS and exFAT, Windows 10 and 11, signed Windows installer.
Compares files by SHA-256 hash, not just filename or size. Catches identical photos saved with different names, the same PDF in 5 folders, duplicated music files.
Scan C:, D:, external USB drives, and OneDrive folders all in one pass. Finds duplicates across drives.
FilePilot's duplicate cleanup is set to 'always keep at least one' by default — you'll never accidentally delete the only copy.
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Most free Windows duplicate finders compare by filename and size only — they miss renamed duplicates and hit false positives. FilePilot uses SHA-256 content hashing, so what it flags as duplicate really is byte-identical. Plus a 30-day recovery folder — most free tools delete permanently with no undo.
Yes. FilePilot detects which files are cloud-only (placeholder) vs locally cached and only hashes the local ones. Cloud-only files are excluded to avoid forcing massive downloads.
Scan I/O is throttled to about 30% of disk bandwidth so Windows stays responsive. Typical 1 TB SSD scan takes 12-25 minutes. You can pause and resume scans.
Yes — that's a separate scan mode called 'Visual Duplicates'. It uses perceptual hashing on photos to find the same image at different resolutions, formats, or with minor edits.
Same product, same features, same pricing. One $7.99 license unlocks all three platforms — install on as many of your own machines as you want.
Possible if an app depends on a specific file path (rare for user files). FilePilot's safe mode keeps the file in its most-likely-referenced location and only removes copies elsewhere. The 30-day recovery folder gives you a safety net.