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Crazyplantlady666
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

How to delete duplicates please?

Please can someone give me instructions on how to delete duplicates
  • Hi Crazyplantlady666, let's jump into this! 

     

    In order to delete some duplicated files, you'd need to locate them and remove them manually. 

     

    At the moment, there's no automated way to achieve that. 

     

    If you need anything else, let me know!

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    Hi Crazyplantlady666, let's jump into this! 

     

    In order to delete some duplicated files, you'd need to locate them and remove them manually. 

     

    At the moment, there's no automated way to achieve that. 

     

    If you need anything else, let me know!

    • Crazyplantlady666's avatar
      Crazyplantlady666
      Explorer | Level 3
      Thankyou for your reply.
      Worried this could end in tears with me doing this manually haha
      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
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        The last thing we need is tears involved Crazyplantlady666🤗

         

        If you need anything else, give me a shout! 

    • hypatiasgirl's avatar
      hypatiasgirl
      New member | Level 2

      This looks like it would be a popular feature, will we see this implemented soon?

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

        hypatiasgirl wrote:

        This looks like it would be a popular feature, will we see this implemented soon?


        We wouldn't know until it was implemented. Dropbox rarely offers roadmaps of planned features.

         

        That said, if you're syncing all of your files to your computer, there are plenty of apps that you can run against your local Dropbox folder to find duplicates. Just Google for "duplicate file finder" and you'll find a bunch.

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