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Forum Discussion
Cleaning up duplicates of multiple files
My company is working with duplicates of multiple recipes, going back 5 years. The recipes are organized by menus, so recipes are copied to have all recipes available per menu item. So we are talking about thousands and thousands of recipes here. I am wondering how to better organize these files - is there a feature to consolidate multiples? Is there a way to find the original file all the copies are based off of? Basically I would like to understand if I need to use Dropbox more efficiently, or if this is a problem only solved by people agreeing on a better organization.
- Daphne
Dropbox Staff
Hey mes640, thanks for reaching out to us here!
At the moment, we don't have a feature within Dropbox that would locate duplicate files within your account. You would need to use a third party app to do this I'm afraid.
While I can't make any recommendations, you should be able to find some apps with a quick web search, or others here might have some suggestions for you.
Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but don't hesitate to get back to me here with any other questions.
Thanks!
