How to know the size of all folders in Windows at a glance

In Windows we have the search in folders in order to find those files that take up more space than we would have liked. What happens that for precise searches can be a little short in characteristics, so we have to look for alternatives to manage all the space on all those hard drives that we have on our PC.

There are programs that are perfectly suited for this task and that have the ability to calculate folder size in order to show it in a quick way. As in Windows we must select each folder individually to know its size, programs like the one we recommend below are perfect for the task.

How to know the size of all folders in Windows 10

• The first thing we are going to do is download Folder Size Explorer from here. It is a totally free app that works very well to find out where those folders with the most used space are located
• From unzip the ZIP file, we run FolderSizeExplorer.msi and install the program
• We start it and we will have the main screen to "This team"

• From here we will have all control to test some of the hard drives. We make two clicks on c:
• It will take a while to scan the entire unit to determine the size of each folder. Once this is done, we can click on the different options such as "Size" to determine the folders with the largest size
• You will be able to quickly know which are the folders that have a greater space to carry out the appropriate actions

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Folder Size Explorer is a highly recommended app that I've been using it for years without major problems. You have the option of displaying the size in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or megabytes. It is a perfect app to deal with all those hard drives that we have to quickly find which folders are taking up all the space.