
This can be used, for instance, to prevent system files from showing up in the result list. Each file/ folder will be compared against the filters and will not listed in the result list, if it matches. This option allows you to define exclude filters which will be used when searching for files.

You can select for each of your searches individually, whether or not it should use the filters, or not. Select which of your searches should use the exclude filter. Files known to be important for a system can be added to the exclude list here and will then not be shown in the results any more. Certain files like system files, however, should not be deleted because they are needed by the operating system or other software. Starting at $54.The file search was designed to identify obsolete or very large files in order to clean up a system. The features for the free version include finding space hogs - clean up hard disk space, monitor free space on smartphones/mobile devices, and Quick overview over file information.

All scan results can be drilled down to file level and filters, e.g. Large folders can be identified at a glance thanks to the gradient bar displayed in the background. It displays the size of a particular folder, including its subfolders in an Explorer-like fashion. TreeSize Free quickly scans directory sizes then informs you where your precious disk has been allocated.
