These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It can be useful to find out which folders/apps are taking up your hard drive space by sorting the folders in directory such as the Program Files which stores most of your installed programs.įor more info about how to use Folder Size, go to: Sort Folders by Size in Windows 11 / 10. You can then sort the folders by their sizes to look for folders with significantly large size. This tool is able to calculate the sizes of your folders and list them like how they are listed in File Explorer. If you want to find huge folders in your computer, as there is no column or feature that calculates the folder size in the default File Explorer, you can use an alternative 3rd party software called Folder Size. For example, to search for files with “Gigantic” size, use the search syntax “ size:gigantic” in the search box. If you want to search all files without any keyword, you can manually enter one of these sizes as search syntax. Simply search for anything to bring up the Search options. Note that the “ Search options” will not show up until at least a search query is entered in the search box in File Explorer. Hover your mouse over Size, then select a range of file size you would like to filter. Next, on the top menu bar, click on Search options. To do so, in File Explorer, search for any keyword. Search options > Size in File ExplorerĪnother method to find huge files in Windows 11 is by using the Search options > Size in File Explorer to filter files by a specified range of size from the search results. When none is specified, the smallest file size unit – byte, will be used.

You can use any file size unit in the “size” search syntax – B, KB, MB or GB. To search your entire computer for huge files, go to This PC first before entering a search query in the search box. Note that the search box in File Explorer will only search in the current directory you’re viewing. When a search syntax is used without any keyword next to it, File Explorer will search for any file with any name that has the file size specified by you. For instance, type “ movie size:>2gb” to search for any file that contain the “movie” keyword in its name and has a size larger than 2 GB. You can also use the search syntax along side a keyword to search for file that contain the keyword and with the specified file size. The “size” is one of the search syntax you can use to search for files of a specified size.įor example, you can enter “ Size:>500mb” to search for files with size larger than 500 MB. In addition to searching by keywords, you can also enter one or multiple search syntax to further narrow down your search. In File Explorer, on the search bar at the top right side of the window, you can enter a keyword to search for files that contain the keyword.

Windows 10 search by file size