Search the current scan
SizeTrend searches the names and sizes already collected by the scan. That makes common searches fast and lets you choose deliberately when a search really needs to open files and read their contents.
Select the drive or folder you want to search, then press Ctrl+F. SizeTrend opens the Find Files ribbon and places the cursor in File mask.
Enter a full name, a fragment such as invoice, or wildcards such as *.iso, report?.xlsx, or *backup*. Press Enter to search the selected location and its subfolders.
When Find text is empty, SizeTrend searches the file and folder names in memory from the current scan. On a large drive, results are normally available almost immediately.
This is different from asking Windows Explorer to search a non-indexed location, where Explorer may spend a long time walking the folders and can also inspect contents depending on its settings.
Enter the text under Find text when the match is inside the file. Use File mask to keep the work focused, for example *.log with access denied.
The options beside Find text support ASCII, UTF-8, Unicode (UCS-2), and hexadecimal matching. Content search reads the matching files in parallel, so its speed depends on how much data is included and how fast the drive can supply it.
Click Large Files to build a list from the selected part of the current scan. SizeTrend sorts the results by allocated size, largest first.
This is useful for disk images, videos, archives, database files, and other single files that may be hidden several levels down in the folder tree. The result is based on the scan, so refresh first when files have changed since it was collected.
Click File Type Sizes when the problem is spread across many files. SizeTrend groups files by extension and totals the allocated space used by each group.
A folder full of modest log, object, package, or cache files can use more space than the largest individual file. Expand the relevant type and review the largest members before deciding which application or project owns them.
The Duplicates group matches names and sizes by default. You can also require matching dates, require identical contents, or limit the candidates with a Name like mask such as *.jpg.
Size and name checks use the scan first. Content verification then reads only the possible matches and compares them in parallel. Review every group before deleting anything because identical contents do not tell you which copy belongs to a backup, synchronized folder, application, or active project.
Use the scan for the quick questions first.
Open file contents only when the name, size, type, or duplicate candidates are not enough.