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Cleaning up duplicates of multiple files
My company is working with duplicates of multiple recipes, going back 5 years. The recipes are organized by menus, so recipes are copied to have all recipes available per menu item. So we are talking about thousands and thousands of recipes here. I am wondering how to better organize these files - is there a feature to consolidate multiples? Is there a way to find the original file all the copies are based off of? Basically I would like to understand if I need to use Dropbox more efficiently, or if this is a problem only solved by people agreeing on a better organization.
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- Daphne
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey mes640, thanks for reaching out to us here!
At the moment, we don't have a feature within Dropbox that would locate duplicate files within your account. You would need to use a third party app to do this I'm afraid.
While I can't make any recommendations, you should be able to find some apps with a quick web search, or others here might have some suggestions for you.
Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but don't hesitate to get back to me here with any other questions.
Thanks!
So the problem is not LOCATING the duplicate files, but having too many duplicates. Is there a way to have a file exist in multiple folders without being duplicated a million times? Below is a perfect example.
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Like attaching pdfs to one another instead of copying over and over again?
Ok, thank you. I just wanted to make sure that we were not missing a feature on Dropbox that could potentially help our organization. Appreciate your help!
