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Karen Huguley's avatar
Karen Huguley
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago
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Duplicate files in different folders

I have the same photos in different folders, and I want to delete all duplicates, so I have more space for storage. I am a dum-dum when it comes to this stuff...Please respond in laymen's terms.   ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    There is!

     

    Have a look at https://www.dropbox.com/photos

     

    BUT it may not display them next to each other to see duplicates easily

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Mark
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4 years ago

Hi Karen Huguley 

I'm afraid Dropbox has no such function to find and remove duplicates. Thats something you do need to do manually unfortunately. 

 

Same as if sync'ing on a device is paused you need to restart it and Dropbox will automatically update the changes, however, that will just be to how they are on your device - it wont find/edit/delete any duplicate etc. 

JCarol Blair's avatar
JCarol Blair
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
Thanks. You’ve saved me a lot of grief and time. Have you suggested adding such a feature to the Dropbox tech team?? This would be an invaluable feature!!

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