The first step

On this step you should define what you want to do. And to choose one of 4 variants:
- You want to search for duplicate files. For example, you want to find similar images or exact duplicates of documents in some folders or iTunes.
- You want to find the copy of certain files. For example, your friend has come to you and brought a lot of song files on flash card. By means of this point you can learn what songs you have already and what you don’t. And only after that to "litter" the computer.
- For example, earlier you have chosen 1st or 2nd point. You have found duplicate files but you were afraid to delete them at once. Therefore you have moved the duplicates to a separate folder. This point will help to copy files moved earlier to an initial place.
- For example, earlier you have chosen 1st or 2nd point. You have found duplicate files but you didn’t have time to "understand" with them. You have kept the search result in a file and now you want to continue work.
Criteria of duplicate search

On this step you should define some parameters of search. For the first time you should choose what type of duplicates you want to search:
- The exact duplicates are considered to be files which have the identical content but they can have different file names. For example, there are two text files 1.txt and 2.txt, in both of them there is the identical text «Greetings, my friend!».
- The similar images are the images which are visually similar but can have a different size on width or \and height, a different depth of color (16 bits, 24 bits, etc.), a different format (bmp, jpg, png, etc.).
- This point needs to be noted if you also want to search for musical files with similar tags. In many musical files the additional information about artist, album, song name, etc is stored. It is the data the duplicate search will be made thanks to.
- Duplicate files with similar file names and size. This point will help you to find duplicate files if all other criteria of duplicate recognition were not suited to you.
- Empty files or files with zero size – more often such files are not necessary having noted this point you can remove them.
Parameteres of criteria

In the window of parameters it is possible to establish some properties of methods of duplicate definition. If a tick is established the parameter will be considered.
On «Audio file tags»:
- How many percent artist name’s tag should be similar that the duplicate has been defined.
- How many percent song name’s tag should be similar that the duplicate has been defined.
- Put a tick that the program did not find duplicate files for musical files being in one album.

On “File properties”.
- How many percent file name should be similar that the duplicate has been defined. (For example, file “Some file.txt”, its name is “Some file”, its extension is “txt”).
- How many percent file extension should be similar that the duplicate has been defined.
- Whether the size should will be the same.

On “General”.
- Note by a tick if you want to find duplicates of folders in addition.
Filter

The filter is necessary to exclude files from search process which can’t be the search result in advance. For example, you’re searching for mp3 duplicate files. For search acceleration you can set the filter only for files with musical extension and the size more than 2mb.
On «Mask».
- Set «Any file name» if you don’t wish to filter the found files on file name mask.
- Set «Particular file name» if you want to filter the found files t on file name mask. Further you should define whether you want to define the file mask for files which are included in the search or, on the contrary, files with the mask which will not be included in the search. You can enter a mask yourself or choose of a ready set. For the choice of the ready set press button "Select". Some words about the masks. The symbol * in the mask means any quantity of any symbols. A symbol ? means any one symbol. For example, you want to find duplicate files which names begin with the letter “q” and files which names contain the letter “w” on the second position and with mp3 extension. Then the mask will be such as “q*. *;? w*.mp3”. Pay attention that the symbol “.” divides a file name and its extension, and the symbol “;” divides one mask from another.

On «Size»:
- Set «Any size» if you don’t want to filter the found files on their size.
- Set «Particular size» if you want to filter the found files on their size. Further choose files of what size should be in search: more, less, equally or to be in an interval of sizes. The size’s in kilobytes. Approximately, 1000 kilobytes is 1 megabyte.

On «Date»:
- Set «Any date» if you don’t want to filter the found files on their date of creation, change or the last access (the date of the last file opening).
- Set «Particular date» if you want to filter the found files on their date. Further choose the interval of dates which will get to search. Lower choose what date to consider.

On «Attributes»:
- Set «Any attributes» if you don’t want to filter the found files on their attributes.
- Set «Particular attributes» if you want to filter the found files on their attributes. Further define if to include or exclude some attributes from the search and note the necessary type of attributes.
Folder choice for duplicate search

On this step you should define in what folders to search for duplicate files. For this purpose you need to note those folders in which it is necessary to search. If you want to remove duplicate files from iTunes put a tick «Search for duplicates in iTunes». If you want to search for duplicates in archives ZIP and RAR put a tick “Search ZIP and RAR archives”. If it is convenient for you to choose folders from a standard window of folder choice clean a tick of “Simple choice of folders”.

Here you can choose the folder by «Add …» button and remove it from the list by "Delete" button.
The search result

On this step the result of duplicate search is shown. Except columns of the name of file and folder, size and empty column (the first images and tags of musical files are displayed in it) you can bring a mouse to the line of folder and hint see groups of duplicates with date of creation\ change\last file access and attributes. You should interpret the table with duplicates in such way. The groups of identical files are divided by font color (green and dark blue). I.e. dark blue files which are identical to each other, lower green files are identical to each other, then again dark blue – they are identical to each other but to not that dark blue which were earlier. Also there is a column «Group». Files with identical number are duplicates. For the first time to remove the duplicates (or to move to the Recycle Bin or to other folder, etc.) it’s necessary to note them. To note is necessary so that in each group of duplicate all files were noted except one (original). Which will not be removed. You can make it yourself or use special functions (about them low).
Button meanings:
- File start. For example, you search for mp3duplicates. To be convinced of correctness of the found duplicates you can hear to them having taken advantage of this button.
- It marks the current result line.
- For example, you are on the line of «1.txt» file. «1.txt» has duplicates «2.txt» and «3.txt». After pressing this button the file “1.txt” and “2.txt” will be noted. I.e. all duplicates of a current file will be noted. If the current file has a mark the mark will be taken off.
- This button will help to note line weight in the table depending on the chosen criterion automatically.
- It marks all lines in the table.
- It cleans the mark from all lines in the table.
- It inverts the marks. There will bó no mark where it was. Where it was it will be.
- It keeps search result in a file. You will be suggested to choose file type. Mrs is a file which can be opened on the first step of program Clone Remover. Csv, txt, html are the files which can be opened by other programs. It will be useful if you want to have the report on duplicates.
Automatic distinguishing

Automatic distinguishing will help you to note duplicate weight definitely.
The page «Criterion» will help to note duplicate weight except the newest \oldest or more/ smaller size within one group. For example, you’ve chosen criterion – a small size. The program will process group 1, find in it 3 copies, will not note the copy with the greatest size (or will clean note if there is it as well as there is no tick «Ignore selected») and other copies will be noted, further it will process all other groups of duplicates. If «Ignore selected» is noted the duplicates with a mark will not be considered (it will be useful if you have noted the part of duplicate list manually and don’t want the automatic mark to touch your work).

The button «Filter …» allows to specify automatic noter that some files should not be marked. For example files of some folders or files of certain type. For example you have two duplicates. The automatic noter marks one of them. This file is in a folder “c:\1\2” If you used the filter in which you have forbidden to mark files from the folder “c:\1\2” the file noted in the first case will not be noted. But the second duplicate will be noted. The mark criterion in this case will be false.

Also automatic noter can note the files of some folders. Or clean the mark if «Clear selection» is chosen.

Also automatic noter can note the files with certain extension. Or clean the mark «Clear selection» is chosen.
Action choice

On this step you should decide what to do with noted files. There are 4 variants:
- To remove files for ever. Choose if you are assured that you don’t need the noted files.
- To remove to the Recycle Bin of Windows. This variant is good that you can always restore remote files from the Recycle Bin. But there is a thing. The size of the Recycle Bin can be limited. If the size of the Recycle Bin end while file moving to it the files will be simply removed. Or the Recycle Bin can be set so that deleted files will not be moved to it. Before usage press on the Recycle Bin label by right button on a desktop and choose "Property" point in the appeared menu.
- Moving to a separate folder. The noted files will be moved to a separate folder in such a way that at any time moment you can restore the initial arrangement of these files by means of Clone Remover.
- To copy the noted files.
Report

On this step the report about the moved, remoted, copied files is shown. Their general size, as well as the file status (ok if the file has been processed truly, error + error comment + a red file font – if the file hasn’t been processed truly).
On this step you can leave the program (button "Exit") or go to the previous step of the result viewing (button "Back"). The processed files will be shown by grey color.

File choice for search results loading

On this step it is necessary to choose the file in you kept earlier the search result in that it has been restored on the result page.
Folder choice for restoration

On this step it is necessary to choose the folder you moved files to on the step of search results.
File marking for restoration

On this step you should note the files you want to restore an initial arrangement for.
- It opens the file.
- It marks the file.
- It marks all files.
- It cleans a mark of all files.
- It inverts the mark. There will no the mark where it was. There will the mark where it wasn’t.
The choice of files which copies need to be found

On this step you should choose the files which copies need to be found. For this purpose you should press button "Add" and choose one of variants from the menu – to choose either a file or all files from a folder. For file removal from the list it’s necessary to mark the necessary file and press button "Delete".
Choice of copy type

On this step you should define some parameters of search. For the first time it is necessary to choose what type of copies you want to search.
- Exact copies are considered to be files which have the identical content but can have different files names. For example, there are two text files 1.txt and 2.txt, both of them have the identical text «Greetings, my friend!».
- Similar images are images which are visually similar but can have the different size on width or \and height, different depth of color (16 bits, 24 bits, etc.), a different format (bmp, jpg, png, etc.).
- This point needs to be noted if you also want to search for musical files with similar tags. the additional information about an artist, an album, a song name, etc is stored in many musical files. This is the thanks to which duplicate search will be made.
- Copies with similar file names and size. This point will help you to find duplicates if all other criteria of duplicate recognition have not approached to you.
Folder choice for copy search

On this step you should define in what folders to search for the copies of the chosen files. For this purpose it is necessary to note the folders in which you need to search. If you want to search for the copies in iTunes put a tick «Search for duplicates in iTunes». If it is convenient for you, to choose folders from the standard window of folder choice clean the tick from “Simple choice of folders”.