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If you are someone who clicks multiple photos to get one perfect shot, you must have duplicate photos on your device. And you know what duplicate photos do, they take up your storage space and make it hard for you to pick the right photos when in need.
A duplicate photo remover tool makes the task of finding duplicate photos easier, no matter how they have occurred. Such tools are specialists in identifying and removing both similar as well as exact duplicates. In simple terms, a duplicate photo remover utility finds duplicate images that are nearly simple, and where you can differentiate between two pictures.
Here we have enlisted some of the best duplicate photo remover software for Windows.
Here are some of the common reasons why duplicate photos appear on your computer -
● Importing photos from smartphones or cameras multiple times.
● Transferring photos between devices without removing the originals.
● Backing up images from different devices repeatedly.
● Syncing photos across various cloud storage mediums.
● Copying photos into several folders.
● Saving multiple versions of edited photos when editing photos on software like Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.
● Downloading the same photos multiple times.
Duplicate Photos Fixer Pro is a tool that helps remove duplicate photos. It is capable of identifying and deleting both similar as well as exact duplicate photos. Once it finds duplicate images, it arranges them group-wise. You can then use the auto-mark feature to select duplicate photos in each group. Further, you can preview the results and delete all duplicate photos in one go.
Features
● Auto-mark functionality to automatically mark duplicates in each group.
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Multiple comparison methods to
find duplicate photos.
● Add or remove folders from scanning.
● Scan internal, external, and cloud-based storage mediums for duplicate images.
● Choose to include or not include flipped and rotated images.
Price - Free trial available. Pricing starts at $39.95/ year
Remo Duplicate Photo Remover comes with an advanced dedupe algorithm with which it is capable of finding both similar as well as identical images. It lets you customize the scan settings and selection criteria, as such you can rest assured that you will mostly delete the right duplicate photos from your computer.
Features
● Several tools to group and filter exact & similar-looking images.
● Safely retains the original image even if you delete the entire collection.
● Preview images with their metadata.
● Delete duplicate photos captured using any brand or device.
● Delete duplicate photos of any format such as JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.
Pricing - Pricing starts at $19.97 (first 6 months then $9.97 semi-annually)
Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder stands true to its name. It cleverly analyzes the results and checks if the images are rotated, flipped, resized, or modified. Eventually, it presents before you the correct findings so that you delete only the right duplicates from your computer. What we further liked is that it displays the similarity percentage as well.
Features
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Add and remove folders and scan
subdirectories for duplicate photos.
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Check similarity percentage.
● Scan identical images or specify the width and height of the images.
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Locate and delete duplicate photos
from internal, removable, and network drives.
● Compare images that have been resized or color-corrected.
Pricing - Free
In case you are someone who often clicks photos using a smartphone, Duplicate Photo Cleaner can be a powerful tool to delete duplicate photos from your device. It has a Mobile Smart Scan feature that helps identify duplicate photos from Messenger and WhatsApp. Plus, it has a multiviewer that lets you have a glance at all similar as well as identical images at once.
Features
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Specify similarity threshold
percentage.
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With multiple scan modes, you can
search for duplicates from internal drives, Lightroom Classic, etc.
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Connect your smartphone and scan
for duplicate photos.
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Prevent accidentally deleting
files.
● Configure scan settings - set bitmap size, analysis accuracy and image comparison algorithm.
Pricing - Free trial available.
Pricing starts at $49.95/ year
Ashisoft Duplicate Photos Finder helps find similarities in different photos regardless of whether they are resized, edited, flipped, or rotated. At the outset, you can choose whether you want to look for the same duplicates or similar pictures. It supports over 60+ photo formats from all major camera brands.
Features
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Automatically duplicate photos on
each group.
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Exclude important files and
folders from the scan.
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Identify flipped and rotated
photos.
● Inbuilt photo viewer to preview images.
● The selection assistant lets you mark files by date, group, folders, and more.
Pricing - Free trial available. Pricing starts at $87/ year
PictureEcho is one of the best tools for deleting duplicate photos. What we liked is that you can define the visual similarity level. Once you have identified the duplicate photos you can move the duplicate photos to a new folder and access them when need be. Additionally, the tool even lets you find duplicates from Adobe Lightroom.
Features
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Scan duplicate photos in Adobe
Lightroom.
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You can choose from 4 similarity
levels.
● Exclude photo extensions; the photos belonging to these extensions will be excluded from the scan.
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Automatically select photos based
on file history, resolution, file size, and location.
● Exclude folders from getting scanned.
Pricing - Free trial available. Pricing starts at $39.97/ year
Last but not least, we have VisiPics. It is a fairly old duplicate image finder and remover utility. It offers three filters to remove similar or identical-looking photos namely - strict, basic, and loose. It goes beyond checksums to look for duplicate images. It uses five image comparison filters to compare how close the pair of images are.
Features
● Multiple filters to adjust search criteria.
● Various image comparison methods to find exact matches as well as similar images.
● Ability to scan the computer for duplicates in the background while you multitask with other things.
● Auto-select duplicates.
Pricing - Free
Duplicate photos result from many situations - multiple downloads, backups, editing, and more. If left unchecked, they can clutter your storage space. The tools listed above eliminate the need to manually locate and delete duplicate photos which is further prone to making mistakes.
If you use a duplicate photo finder tool and can organize your workflow, do let us know in the comments section below.
