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Crazyplantlady666
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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How to delete duplicates please?

Please can someone give me instructions on how to delete duplicates
  • Hi Crazyplantlady666, let's jump into this! 

     

    In order to delete some duplicated files, you'd need to locate them and remove them manually. 

     

    At the moment, there's no automated way to achieve that. 

     

    If you need anything else, let me know!

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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi Crazyplantlady666, let's jump into this! 

     

    In order to delete some duplicated files, you'd need to locate them and remove them manually. 

     

    At the moment, there's no automated way to achieve that. 

     

    If you need anything else, let me know!

  • Crazyplantlady666's avatar
    Crazyplantlady666
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    Thankyou for your reply.
    Worried this could end in tears with me doing this manually haha
  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    The last thing we need is tears involved Crazyplantlady666🤗

     

    If you need anything else, give me a shout! 

  • hypatiasgirl's avatar
    hypatiasgirl
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    This looks like it would be a popular feature, will we see this implemented soon?

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    2 years ago

    hypatiasgirl wrote:

    This looks like it would be a popular feature, will we see this implemented soon?


    We wouldn't know until it was implemented. Dropbox rarely offers roadmaps of planned features.

     

    That said, if you're syncing all of your files to your computer, there are plenty of apps that you can run against your local Dropbox folder to find duplicates. Just Google for "duplicate file finder" and you'll find a bunch.

  • abarba's avatar
    abarba
    New member | Level 1
    2 years ago

    DropBox will never add this feature because make less money when you need less storage. 

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