Windows 10: Preventing duplicate photos appearing in OneDrive cloud storage

Discus and support Preventing duplicate photos appearing in OneDrive cloud storage in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi Folks, I've got this problem ^, duplicate photos have been appearing in my OneDrive cloud storage for a while now, often several of the same, not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Karsty17, Nov 2, 2019.

  1. Karsty17 Win User

    Preventing duplicate photos appearing in OneDrive cloud storage


    Hi Folks,


    I've got this problem ^, duplicate photos have been appearing in my OneDrive cloud storage for a while now, often several of the same, not just one. I've done a bit of searching for how to fix this, but the simple solution here didn't work. I'd really like to stop it from happening as it is needlessly using up my storage space, and I need to nip it in the bud before I have thousands of duplicates to deal with.


    I'm also a bit concerned about using a third party app to *remove* the duplicates in case they completely remove photos altogether (can anyone recommend a reliable app for this?)


    Many thank yous (~8

    :)
     
    Karsty17, Nov 2, 2019
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  2. Frick Win User

    Cloud storage (aka Onedrive will suck so need to find something else)

    So, I will have to move away from Onedrive, which is sad because it's frankly the best free cloud storage I know of. But as someone said: "Microsoft realized they accidentaly made a great service." and they'll change it so that starting soon this will happen (the things that affect me anyway):
    • 100 GB and 200 GB paid plans are going away as an option for new users and will be replaced with a 50 GB plan for $1.99 per month in early 2016.
    • Free OneDrive storage will decrease from 15 GB to 5 GB for all users, current and new. The 15 GB camera roll storage bonus will also be discontinued. These changes will start rolling out in early 2016.
    This is so much crap. I use the free version and yeah $1.99/month I probably could afford, but it still SUCKS. Seriously, I usually don't get the MS hate, but this is a poop-poop move.

    So I need something new.

    Dropbox is out. Too tiny. Google Drive might be an alternative, but I'd rather not, for ... reasons I can't remember right now.

    What I need:
    • something like 15GB storage or so.
    • Automatic photo uploading from my phone (Android)
    • Preferably an actual app for Android (yes I know you can setup ES File Explorer and the like but that's usually pretty cumbersome)
    The simplest solution I'm actually leaning towards is just to give up and get a 100GB plan now (current 100/200GB plans will not be affected, in the future they won't be avaliable to new customers), but that's the easy way out. *Frown Preventing duplicate photos appearing in OneDrive cloud storage :(
     
    Frick, Nov 2, 2019
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  3. wrkeen Win User
    Duplicate photos in OneDrive

    You are a very patient person TechGuy_82!

    I now know a lot more about OneDrive and have taken your advice and read everything I can find about storage. I have plenty of room on my devices, so I'm set up to store all in both the cloud and my devices.

    Now I have to figure out how to get rid of duplicates completely, photos in particular. I attempt to delete duplicates and end up with even more copies of the same photos. I understand from you that this stems from a safety feature of Microsoft's.

    I'll figure it out.

    Thanks again!
     
    wrkeen, Nov 2, 2019
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  4. DouglasSY Win User

    Preventing duplicate photos appearing in OneDrive cloud storage

    is OneDrive storage in the Cloud?

    is OneDrive storage in the Cloud?
     
    DouglasSY, Nov 2, 2019
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