utility to show folder sizes

Editors' Review. Folder Size is a free Windows utility that scans your drives or folders and displays detailed information about the size of their contents so you can see where the disk space went. It displays the sizes of files and folders as well as their percentage of total disk size.

1. How do I make folders size visible?
2. How do I check the size of a folder?
3. Why do folders not show size?
4. How do I see file sizes?
5. How do I display files and folders as large icons?
6. How do I find the largest folders on my computer?
7. How can I see the size of a folder in Windows?
8. How do I show folder size in Windows Explorer?
9. How do I find the size of a file in DOS?
10. How do I find the size of a folder and subfolder in Windows?
11. How can I see the size of a folder in OneDrive?
12. How do I find large folders in Windows 10?

How do I make folders size visible?

Make Size visible

Open a file explorer window and right-click on the 'Name' field at the top. You'll see some options – specifically, options, that let you pick what sort of info you want to see about your folders. Select Size and the property will appear on the far right of your window.

How do I check the size of a folder?

Go to Windows Explorer and right-click on the file, folder or drive that you're investigating. From the menu that appears, go to Properties. This will show you the total file/drive size. A folder will show you the size in writing, a drive will show you a pie chart to make it easier to see.

Why do folders not show size?

Windows Explorer does not show folder sizes because Windows doesn't know, and cannot know, without a potentially long and laborious process. A single folder might contain hundreds of thousands or even millions of files, each one of which would have to be looked at to obtain the folder size.

How do I see file sizes?

Microsoft Windows users

1. Locate and highlight the file(s) or folder that you want to determine the size.
2. Right-click the file and click Properties.
3. The image below shows that you can determine the size of the file or files you have highlighted from in the file properties window. In this example, the chrome.

How do I display files and folders as large icons?

Open File Explorer. Click the View tab at the top of the window. In the Layout section, select Extra large icons, Large icons, Medium Icons, Small icons, List, Details, Tiles, or Content to change to the view you want to see.

How do I find the largest folders on my computer?

Here's how to find your largest files.

1. Open File Explorer (aka Windows Explorer).
2. Select "This PC" in the left pane so you can search your whole computer. ...
3. Type "size: " into the search box and select Gigantic.
4. Select "details" from the View tab.
5. Click the Size column to sort by largest to smallest.

How can I see the size of a folder in Windows?

You can view folder size in Windows using one of below options.

1. In File explorer, right click on folder for which you want to see folder size, and click on "Properties" in context menu. ...
2. You can also hover over mouse on folder icon in File explorer to display hover-over tooltip with folder size.

How do I show folder size in Windows Explorer?

Go to File Explorer Options. Click on "View" tab. Tick the box beside the option "Display file size information in folder tips" in the advanced settings dialog box. Click on "OK" to save the changes.

How do I find the size of a file in DOS?

Get size for all the files in a directory

We can also get size for files of certain type. For example, to get file size for mp3 files, we can run the command 'dir *. mp3'.

How do I find the size of a folder and subfolder in Windows?

The easiest and most well known method is to use the context menu and check the properties of the folder. If you right click a folder and select properties Explorer will recursively scan every file and display the total size as it progresses in the properties window you can see in the screenshot on the right.

How can I see the size of a folder in OneDrive?

Here is how you can find it.

1. Step 1: Log into your OneDrive account. Log into your OneDrive account directly on onedrive.live.com. ...
2. Step 2: Click on the Settings Button. ...
3. Step 3: Click on OneDrive Settings. ...
4. Step 4: Click on More Settings. ...
5. Step 5: Find Storage Metrics. ...
6. Step 6: Check Your OneDrive for Business Storage Metrics.

How do I find large folders in Windows 10?

Find Large Files Through File Explorer

1. Open File Explorer by clicking its icon on the taskbar.
2. Click File in the left upper corner and choose Change folders and search options. Then a Folder Options window will pop up.
3. Skip to View tab and check Show hidden files, folders, and drives.