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<link type="guide" xref="index#scan"/>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-19" status="stub"/>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-20" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#scan"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-07-20" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Scan all of your personal files that are on your internal storage device.</desc>
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<desc>Scan all of your personal files that are on your computer.</desc>
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<title>Scan your <file>Home</file> folder</title>
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<p>The <file>Home</file> folder is where most files are located for the
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average user because default settings are often set to save or copy files
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<p>The <file>Home</file> folder is where most files are located for most
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users because default settings are often set to save or copy files
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into subdirectories within it. This includes downloads from the internet,
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documents which you work on and photos from your camera. Normally, one
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<file>Home</file> folder exists for each user on the computer.</p>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Scan Home Folder</gui></guiseq>
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<p>Select your <gui>Home folder</gui> in the list of <gui>Devices and
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Stop</gui></guiseq> to cancel the
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current scan, or <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Refresh</gui></guiseq> to
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repeat the last scan.</p>
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<p>The results may be useful in deciding which folders can be
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<link href="help:file-roller">archived</link>,
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<link href="help:gnome-help/files-delete">deleted</link> or
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<link href="help:gnome-help/files-copy">moved</link> to free up space. You
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can also use the results to estimate how much space would be needed for a
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<link href="help:gnome-help/backup-how">backup</link> of your
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<file>Home</file> folder.</p>
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<p>Right-click on any folder and select <gui>Open Folder</gui> to launch the
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<app>Files</app> application, or <gui>Move to Trash</gui> to move your folder
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to <file>Trash</file>.</p>
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<note style="advanced">
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<p>The default subdirectories usually include <file>Desktop</file>,
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<file>Documents</file>, <file>Downloads</file>, <file>Pictures</file> and
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<file>Music</file>, among others. Some of these will already exist when
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GNOME is installed; others will be created by applications when they are