# Compare and delete?

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/compare-and-delete/13861
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [September 3, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/compare-and-delete/13861 "2012-09-03T15:19:08Z")
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### Author: ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/compare-and-delete/13861/12 "2012-09-04T13:54:59Z")

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Commands for running Beyond Compare from Opus are here:

> [@Beyond Compare buttons](https://resource.dopus.com/t/beyond-compare-buttons/8312/2):
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> Update 2017: You can do even better than this using scripting, which adds more intelligence to the way Beyond Compare is launched from Opus, and lets you have a single button that works in different contexts (e.g. comparing the source/dest folders if…

(Do you need help with turning the commands into buttons?)

If you use the one from my reply, go to the two directories (one in each side of the Opus window) and click the button to compare them.

In Beyond Compare, there's a button on the toolbar which tells it to only show you files which are the same in both folders:  
 ![](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/9/294ee1d11c4270bd134d463e4a19c1b010232fe4.png)

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