Windows 10: Move all videos to one location and delete duplicates. Trusting removal apps or not.

So, not really thinking ahead, I now have all my videos and pics spread across my Windows laptop, android phone, external harddrive, OneDrive, Google Drive, DropBox and whilst trying to free up laptop space, phone space, juggle the different cloud accounts, I have made it worse. I see many duplicate file removal apps but unsure - are they safe, will the app have access to my data? Which removal apps are recommended and which are not to be trusted? Can I DIY? I think I just want to try and get all my videos together on my now 1TB Onedrive and remove all duplicates then empty Google Drive, free

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Duplicate File Removal App.

Is there an app that will remove only duplicate files? I have tried a couple but when deleting listed duplicate files the original files are also deleted. I am therefore trying to find an app which will delete duplicate files but NOT delete the originals.e

 

Removing duplicate photos from Microsoft Photos

Hi Tony,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Deleting photos from Microsoft Photos will delete the files from the original location. However, Microsoft Photos will only display the photos from the folders that are added to Photos application. You can remove the folders from Microsoft Photos that
you don’t want. Follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Open Microsoft Photos app.
   
2. Click on the Ellipsis on the top right corner of the window and click on
   Settings.
   
3. Under Sources, remove the folder that has duplicate photos by clicking on
   X.
   

To remove the duplicate photos from the computer, please navigate to the location where the photos are saved and then you can delete the photos are duplicate.



Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Duplicate File Removal App.

This Google search phrase

duplicate file finder

will turn up quite a few suitable tools. The problem is, of course, what criteria should the tool apply when deciding which one is the original and which one is the copy . . .