Find large files with PowerShell

How to search folders for the biggest files with PowerShell.

Theres a few solutions you can use for this problem, but here are to scripts you can try.

Both scripts will give you a good overview over the larges files in the folder.‍

Remember to change the "Path" to the correct folder you want to search!

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Script 1

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Users' -Recurse -Force -File |
    Select-Object -Property FullName `
        ,@{Name='SizeGB';Expression={$_.Length / 1GB}} `
        ,@{Name='SizeMB';Expression={$_.Length / 1MB}} `
        ,@{Name='SizeKB';Expression={$_.Length / 1KB}} |
    Sort-Object { $_.SizeKB } -Descending |
    Out-GridView

Script 2

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Users' -Recurse -File |
Sort-Object -Property Length -Descending |
Select-Object -First 10 -Property Name, @{Name='Size (GB)';Expression={[Math]::Round($_.Length/1GB,3)}}