How to Find Duplicate Photos With Software
As digital cameras and digital pictures have become more prevalent, a common problem people have is keeping up with all their photos. One of the challenges is to make sure you don't have the same photo or set of photos in two different locations. Several programs help in this by searching through the images and finding images that are duplicates. Users can then choose which picture or set to keep and which to discard. Some of these programs are free and others are not.
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Instructions
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Download and Install
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Download one of the programs listed in the Resources section, following the instructions provided by the program's download page. Each of the programs listed is either free or free to try.
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Install the program by following the steps in the installation program.
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Launch the installed program if it did not launch automatically after installation.
VisiPics
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Select the folder(s) that contains the images to be scanned for duplicates and click the "Add selected folder" button for each folder selected.
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Press the "Start to find duplicate pictures" button. The button looks like a "Play" button. This will start the scan of the folder(s) selected.
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Hover the mouse over each thumbnail found to see a preview of the image.
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Click on the thumbnail for each image to be deleted. This will put a line and a Recycle Bin icon over the image.
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Click "Delete" to delete the selected images.
Image Comparer
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Click "Next" for step 0 of the comparison Wizard. Image Comparer will automatically launch with this wizard to walk the user through the photo scanning.
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Follow each prompt, supplying the information requested. The prompts will ask where the photos to be scanned are located, a name for the group to scan, where to save the scan results and other variables.
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Click "Process" in step 4 of the wizard after entering the data about the images to start the scan.
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Select the "Image Pairs" tab of the scan results. The matches can be viewed side by side to ensure the photos are actual duplicates. Click the check box next to any images to be deleted.
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Click "Actions" and select "Delete marked image files" to delete the selected images.
Clone Remover
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Select "Find Duplicate Files" in the first screen of the wizard that automatically launches when starting the program and click "Next."
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Check the boxes for "Complete Duplicates" and "Similar Images" and click "Next." This program also searches audio files, so make sure the MP3 box is not checked.
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Select the folder(s) for the program to scan and click "Next" to start the scan.
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Check the box next to any duplicate photos found and click "Next."
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Select what action to execute on the selected photo(s) and click "Next." You are able to move, delete or do other actions with the file(s) in this step.
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