windows 10 cant sort folders by size

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windows 10 cant sort folders by size

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I am trying to sort folders by size to see which ones are taking up a lot of space that i dont necessarily need anymore but im having trouble accomplishing this, by default windows 10 doesnt seem to like sorting folders by size and according to the information i have found i should be able to do it by typing "size:" in the top right search bar in the file explorer and get a drop down but when i do that i get no dropdown and it will just search for something (not sure what exactly but it doesnt order things by size and most results dont even use the word size)

so my question is am i doing something wrong, do i need to change some setting somewhere or is this functionality no longer in windows 10?

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Martmcd 19,970 Independent Advisor

Hi,

Unfortunately, windows file explorer has never been able to display folder size or sort by it.

To see which folders are using the most space you will need a 3rd party app.

My preferred tool is the free version of Treesize

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free?ca=1

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