Question Is there a program to delete duplicate files?

[shaun88]

I’ve got thousands of pictures in 2 folders and I know a lot of them are duplicates but have different file names, is there any programs out there that would show me the duplicates so I can easily delete the duplicates? Bearing in mind they’ll have different file names
Many thanks

 

[kanewolf]

I’ve got thousands of pictures in 2 folders and I know a lot of them are duplicates but have different file names, is there any programs out there that would show me the duplicates so I can easily delete the duplicates? Bearing in mind they’ll have different file names
Many thanks

I have been a longtime fan of ACDSee -- https://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-free/
I don't know if the free version of their software can find duplicates, but the full version can search for duplicates.

 

[USAFRet]

I’ve got thousands of pictures in 2 folders and I know a lot of them are duplicates but have different file names, is there any programs out there that would show me the duplicates so I can easily delete the duplicates? Bearing in mind they’ll have different file names
Many thanks

Having different file names is a MAJOR issue.
You'd be looking for something to compare the actual "image".
Not sure that exists.

 

[USAFRet]

I have been a longtime fan of ACDSee -- https://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-free/
I don't know if the free version of their software can find duplicates, but the full version can search for duplicates.

https://help.acdsystems.com/en/acds...DDH_DUPLICATE_FINDER.htm?Highlight=duplicates

You can use the Duplicate Finder to find duplicate files across a variety of folders on your hard drive. Once duplicates are found, you can perform rename and delete functions to better manage your file collection.


Note that identical images saved as different formats (i.e. different extensions, such as JPEG, BMP, GIF), are not recognized as duplicates. If you have a JPEG and save a copy of it, the image is recompressed. Therefore the original JPEG and the copy are a different file internally and they are not recognized as duplicates.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

I’ve got thousands of pictures in 2 folders and I know a lot of them are duplicates but have different file names, is there any programs out there that would show me the duplicates so I can easily delete the duplicates? Bearing in mind they’ll have different file names
Many thanks

Not at all trivial to do. For instance, a .jpg and a .png containing the same image are not identical files due to differences in compression and such. How would one go about coding such a thing?

 

[USAFRet]

Look through here:

Best Duplicate Photo Finder & Removers in 2024 - Top 19 Image Cleaners

Best 19 top duplicate photo finder tools for Windows 11 (free and paid) in 2024. Find and delete duplicate photos - find similar images.

www.mindgems.com

The #1 seems promising, but I have NOT tried it
"As the long name denotes it “Looks” at your images. That is why it will find similar and duplicate photos in any image format."