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How can I remove duplicate photos from my Dropbox photos?
I somehow uploaded several hundred photos from my iphone to dropbox. Not sure how I did it, but now I see a lot of duplicate photos in dropbox (carousel).
Hey everyone,
You can use Dropbox’s Find duplicates option on dropbox.com to quickly locate duplicate files (including photos) and delete them in bulk: https://help.dropbox.com/organize/find-duplicate-files.
If your photos are only “similar” rather than identical copies, you may need to sort and remove them manually.
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Well the good news is that they are dumping Carousel. So now perhaps they will do the fixes they need to do for photos in Dropbox.
Jennifer I had the same problem a few months ago, once I downloaded carrousel I was able to delete the duplicate pictures.
This happened to me last night. On my Iphone all my pics are showing duplicates. When I logged on to dropbox from my desktop ALL my files are showing a duplicate! So I need to manually delete these?!?
The system inadvertently uploaded from my hard drive a huge number of photos. They are in the Dropbox photo folder in a random-like fashion. Additionally, I get messages that I am out of space. How can I remove swiftly these unwanted photos.
Please advise. Many thanks. GH
I love how dropbox is already using file hashes to save storage space, but somehow cannot use the same thing to detect exact duplications within the same drive.
A simple MD5 hash will just simply do this simple trick.
I had the same problem but once I downloaded carousel I was able to erase the duplicate pictures.
It work perfectly fine.
I am furious with Carousel and the stupidity of not being able to delete duplicates. Which duplicate finder are you all using and does it really work?
try this DuplicateFilesDeleter
First they create the problem, then they sell you the solution.
One of the apps needs have built-in duplicate detection.
