One photo may be in an album, the other not or in more/different albums. You need to open the photo and click the edit icon to find out.ĭeleting a photo removes it from ALL albums. You may have to check which ones you can delete: When you add for example something in the Description field', and it also appears in the second photo, there is in fact only one photo, and deleting one will delete both. You can delete duplicates manually, for example in where they should be next to each other except when date/time was changed.ĭuplicates may also appear together in albums created by Google under People, Places and Things, but you have to be careful: sometimes a photo is shown twice. Once this is complete, you can easily remove your duplicate photos by using Clean Drive.There is no easy way to remove duplicates in Google Photos (prevention is important!), but this may help a bit: Then you can upload them to Google Drive. To migrate your photos to Google Drive, just use Google Takeout to download all of your Google Photos. Some have found it easier to manage Google Photos in Google Drive, and you can read more about the pros and cons of managing photos in Google Drive. How to Find Duplicate Photos in Google Photos

In this category you can use the filter button to display only your duplicate photos or you can visit this direct link to the duplicate photos page. Your files will be displayed in specific categories one of which is the duplicate file category.

As soon as you start the scan, Clean Drive will analyze the files in your Google Drive account and show you a summary of how your storage space is being used. The app is also available as a Google Drive Add-on . Or you can install our Android mobile app in the Google Play store or the Galaxy store. Click Scan My Drive to have Clean Drive search your Google Drive account for duplicate photos.

Clean up duplicate photos