Windows 10: Windows is automatically duplicating photos

I'm not sure why this question has not yet been answered so I'll try to be super clear on it because maybe support just doesn't understand what people are asking. This is duplicatable issue and my experience is from windows explorer. It doesn't matter what folder I'm in, when I select multiple photos in one folder, before I perform any other action beyond selecting the photos, Windows automatically will start making duplicates of my selection in the folder I am working in Name - copy. All by itself. Just from the fact that I am selecting multiple photos. I see this is a common issue. Since t

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Automatic Duplicate Photo Detection

I don't know of any automated feature in Windows to do that. There are a number of "duplicate file finder" type tools I have used in the past. I haven't tried any photo finder tools (but I should be using one).

Here are links to a couple of articles reviewing that type of tool:

13 Best Duplicate Photo Finders To Clean Up Your Albums

http://listoffreeware.com/list-of-best-free-dup...

There are lots more on the internet, google is your friend ...

 

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

 

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.