Get Folder Size from Windows Command Line

Question

Is it possible in Windows to get a folder\'s size from the command line without using any 3rd party tool?

I want the same result as you would get when right clicking

Answer 1

I recommend to use https://github.com/aleksaan/diskusage utility. Very simple and helpful. And very fast.

Just type in a command shell

diskusage.exe -path 'd:/go; d:/Books'

and get list of folders arranged by size

  1.| DIR: d:/go      | SIZE: 325.72 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  2.| DIR: d:/Books   | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 

This example was executed at 272ms on HDD.

You can increase depth of subfolders to analyze, for example:

diskusage.exe -path 'd:/go; d:/Books' -depth 2

and get sizes not only for selected folders but also for its subfolders

  1.| DIR: d:/go            | SIZE: 325.72 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  2.| DIR: d:/go/pkg        | SIZE: 212.88 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  3.| DIR: d:/go/src        | SIZE:  62.57 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  4.| DIR: d:/go/bin        | SIZE:  30.44 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  5.| DIR: d:/Books/Chess   | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  6.| DIR: d:/Books         | SIZE:  14.01 Mb   | DEPTH: 1 
  7.| DIR: d:/go/api        | SIZE:   6.41 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  8.| DIR: d:/go/test       | SIZE:   5.11 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
  9.| DIR: d:/go/doc        | SIZE:   4.00 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
 10.| DIR: d:/go/misc       | SIZE:   3.82 Mb   | DEPTH: 2 
 11.| DIR: d:/go/lib        | SIZE: 358.25 Kb   | DEPTH: 2 

* 3.5Tb on the server has been scanned for 3m12s