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janiceams
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4 years ago
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duplicate photos

Is there a way to delete duplicate photos without deleting the original?

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  • Lucuma's avatar
    Lucuma
    4 years ago

    Of course! Deleting duplicate photos will not delete the original, particularly when they have the same name, e.g. "IMG_0001" and "IMG_0001 (1)" or "IMG_0001 copy". It's very safe, but if you have doubts maybe copy everything to a different folder in your Desktop first, just in case!

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    Lucuma
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 years ago

    Of course! Deleting duplicate photos will not delete the original, particularly when they have the same name, e.g. "IMG_0001" and "IMG_0001 (1)" or "IMG_0001 copy". It's very safe, but if you have doubts maybe copy everything to a different folder in your Desktop first, just in case!

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    Lucuma
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    As far as I know yes. Of course if you have Dropbox synched to your computer, you can use search tools to help you identify the duplicates (search for "copy" or "(2)").

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