Windows 10: remove duplicate photos

How do I remove duplicate photos from my computer. I'm on Windows 10

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Removing duplicate photos from Microsoft Photos

Hi Tony,



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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

 

identify duplicate photos

To remove the duplicates:

1. Right-click on a duplicate photo.
2. A context menu will open
3. Click on Delete.
4. The file will be sent to the Recycle Bin.

 

Removing duplicate photos with (2) after photo title

The suggested methods do work really well, BUT make sure you are not deleting files also that has the (2) in it's name, but does not have any duplicate(original) file.

Best would be to know some simple programming and write a small script that finds the duplicates for you and then removes those duplicates and finally renames files with bad names to not contain the (2)...(n).

Glad that this solution helped you though.