You may have files that are close enough to get caught by the app, but distinct enough that you need both, so dupeGuru gives you the tools to distinguish them. You can also see the size of the files, as well as a match percentage to quickly determine just how identical a file is. A “Dupes Only” checkbox will only show you the secondary copies to make it a little less difficult to read. Once you have your dupes, you can make quick work of them. The original file will be highlighted in blue, while the rest will be in black, making it easy to read the list. After a minute or two, you’ll get a list of all the files the app found duplicates of. To start a scan, you simply add a folder to the main window and hit “Scan”. Of all the duplicate finders we tried out, dupeFinder was the simplest that still packed an impressive punch. Specialty versions for music and picture cleanup. Perform custom terminal commands on originals or dupes. matching a JPEG to an identical PNG).Ĭustomisable filtering allows you to adjust the rules and strictness of matching.Īutomatically remove empty folders during file deletion. “Fuzzy matching” algorithms can find files with identical or similar file names.To get rid of the dupes, we recommend dupeGuru.

Even if you need to keep those files, you don’t need two of them. Sometimes, you download the same crap multiple times.

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