Duplicate File Cleaner / Removal / Override

[arshia m.]

This is like vacuuming your house or office. Do you guys go without it for years on end? It's hard to believe this critical and essential feature does not exist. I currently have multiple folders that can be merged easily on windows, but not on Dropbox. One thing the Dropbox developers have to understand is that business accounts have larger amount of files on Dropbox than on their systems, and because of the painful speed of upload and download and the limitation of files that can be transferred at once (3000 files), it is not possible to do this on the desktop side. So there has to be a house cleaning tool that allows for maintenance and merging of duplicate folders and files. You can even find this on your phone these days. It is hard to imagine Dropbox for business customers do not have this option.

[Hannah]

Hey everyone, we're currently engaging with users and gathering feedback on the best way to implement this feature.

We'll provide an update once we have more information to share.

Thanks for sharing your suggestion with us!

[Gamer156]

It would be such a great and helpful tool if you had a duplicate file scanner to eliminate multiple file copies and able to delete the extras. I have files saved on different devices and folders everywhere I forget if I already uploaded a file and end up with duplicates wasting space

[Ian Z.3]

Given the vast amount of data each person is now storing in Dropbox. It is entirely possible that some of it is (unintentionally) duplicated. I wonder if it is possible for Dropbox to create a tool (web based or desktop) that could help users identify which files are duplicated and the file path.  A simple compare // contrast visual UI would be sufficient. 

I imagine this would be doable given the precision the Dropbox engine works at - to effectively and efficiently deliver on sync. 

Looking forward to other supporting this idea. 

[Annaregula]

Funktion um doppelte Dateien löschen zu können.
Danke

[Jenout311]

It would be amazingly beneficial to be able to delete duplicates from the app or desktop. Being a model, I receive 1000's of photos per photoshoot. Most of the time, they end up in dropbox twice due to downloading them and then moving to a folder. I've tried multiple options to prevent it going forward, but as of now, I'm paying more simply due to duplicates. It's discouraging and makes me want to move everything to a different storage option. If there were a remedy, I would 100% purchase a larger Dropbox option to keep ONE of every photoshoot photo I receive. They ONLY reason I don't is because I'm already paying for duplicates I can't find, nor do I have time to.

[simonDBX]

Hi everyone! I'm a product manager on the Dropbox team. We are exploring this feature request and I would love some feedback on any of the following questions:

- Would you prefer to find exact duplicates, similar files, or both?

- Would you consider two image files that are different resolutions but the same image as duplicates?

- What do you consider the original file (first uploaded, or by some other measure)?

- Do you want to see duplicates from across your Dropbox or select specific folders to scan?

- Do you need any customization (e.g. select which file types to look for, etc)?

- Is there anything else that you would need in a feature like this?

[Jamie1985]

• Exact duplicates please.
• Lower resolution images will hopefully be identified by the smaller size footprint.
• The idea of having a duplicate remover/finder is not to cut down on use of Dropbox but to be able to upload fresh backups/images etc.
• Yes customisation please 
• Duplicates over the whole storage please 

[Gianmaria Zanotti]

Exact duplicate in an other folder. With same creation date and kb

[William W.5]

Yes, Ditto:

• Exact duplicates please.
• Lower resolution images will hopefully be identified by the smaller size footprint.
• The idea of having a duplicate remover/finder is not to cut down on use of Dropbox but to be able to upload fresh backups/images etc.
• Yes customisation please 
• Duplicates over the whole storage please 

[CarolMom]

Yes, ditto.  Great start!  Thanks

[Sandy S.10]

Yes, Ditto:

• Exact duplicates, please.
• The smaller size footprint will hopefully identify lower-resolution images.
• The idea of having a duplicate remover/finder is not to cut down on the use of Dropbox but to be able to upload fresh backups/images etc.
• Yes customization please 
• Duplicates over the whole storage, please