we will explain how to delete duplicate or repeated photos on your mobile or PC, so you can find and delete them to save space. In the end, there are many reasons why a photo can end up repeated in several folders taking up space, and you will not lose anything by deleting them by having more than one repetition.
We are going to divide the article in two, and we are going to summarize it as much as possible. First, we will tell you how to delete duplicate photos with an app available for Android and iOS. And then, we will also tell you how to do the same in Windows, for which we will use a totally free freeware.
Delete duplicate photos on your mobile
One of the best ways to delete duplicate photos on your mobile is to use specific applications to perform this task. One of the best alternatives is install the app Remo Duplicate Photos Remover, available for Android on Google Play and for iOS on the App Store. It is a free application.
When you open this app for the first time on your iPhone or Android mobile, you will need to give it permission to access your photos and media files. This is going to be necessary, as it will need this access in order to analyze the photos on your device and detect duplicates.
Once the application opens, you will go to a main screen where only one button appears. In her, click on the button Scan for the application to analyze your mobile looking for photos that are duplicates. This process can take a while, depending on how many photos you have inside it.
After analyzing the photos, the application will show you two tabs. in the tab Exactly you will see the photos that are the same but they are duplicated for some reason. On Similary You will see photos that look similar but are not the same. When the duplicates are seen, all you need is choose the photo to delete from the duplicates and click on the trash can icon to delete the photo.
Find duplicate photos in Windows
You also have alternatives to find and delete duplicate photos on Windows. One of the best free ones you have is Find.Same.Images.OKand you can download it from the web at softwareok.com/?Download=Find.Same.Images.OK In it, unless your computer is more than 10 years old, you should download the 64-bit version. You will have an installable version and a portable one, the second being one that you don’t need to install. Both are the same, so use whichever you prefer.
After accepting the license the first time you use it, when you open the application you will go to its main screen. In it, under the button Start you will see the bar indicating in which folders to look for duplicate images. Click on the three-dot and three-dot plus buttons on the right side of that address bar to edit the folders you’re looking for or add more than one.
Once you have chosen the folders where you want to scan, click on the button Start and the application will search through them to try to find photos that are duplicates.
Once the search is complete, you will see the results in a list at the bottom. There are two columns, and on each side you will see one of the two duplicate photos. If you click on them you will see the preview above to be able to check it manually. You will have two buttons to go to the folder of each of the photos or delete it directly both at the top of each preview and in your list at the bottom.
George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism