Programs to sort folders by size?

[Meme Rights Activist]

Windows 11 cannot do it by default. Does anyone know of any programs that can do that?

[Ocelote.12]

WinDirStat
https://windirstat.net/
?

Or if you want a text list, not a GUI, then use can use the PowerShell script from that page:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/getting-directory-sizes-in-powershell/

Or you can do it in FAR Manager or probably also in Total Commander.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Open file explorer.
Switch to Details view.
Observe that there may be a column for size.(if its not there you can add/remove columns)
The size column is clickable.

[Meme Rights Activist]

Originally posted by Ocelote12:

WinDirStat
https://windirstat.net/
?

Or if you want a text list, not a GUI, then use can use the PowerShell script from that page:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/getting-directory-sizes-in-powershell/

Or you can do it in FAR Manager or probably also in Total Commander.

You sexy bastard

[ARGH!!]

What? Does this mean the right click sort by and then selecting size has gone from windows 11?

[Meme Rights Activist]

No, it is still here from Windows 10, but it basically does not work at all. It can sort files, but not folders. The best I could do there was use properties to find all of the folders' sizes manually. That's pretty dumb, to me.

[Fosty]

Originally posted by Ocelote12:

WinDirStat
https://windirstat.net/
?

Or if you want a text list, not a GUI, then use can use the PowerShell script from that page:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/getting-directory-sizes-in-powershell/

Or you can do it in FAR Manager or probably also in Total Commander.

I love WinDirStat so much I linked it in my profile description.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

I prefer SpaceSniffer(same concept, easier to navigate).
For linux there are some Disk Usage tools built in, but I like "Graphical Disk Map".
A quick google search and here's a useful article:
https://www.how2shout.com/tools/best-disk-usage-analyzer-tools-for-linux-system.html
(And of course by coincidence "Graphical Disk Map" is the first one mentioned)