subject: How to Delete Duplicate Pictures Easily [print this page] It is for sure that every PC user will store pictures on the computer. Inevitably, some will be extremely the same thought there are in different names or formats (BMP, JPEG, PNG or GIF). All of these duplicate pictures will only waste valuable hard drive space and slow down computer speed. Here, we pay attention on how to find and delete duplicate pictures from the computer. We know that in most instances, we can find and delete duplicate pictures with Windows built-in Search utility. Here is what we always do: right click "Start" ->Search ->tick "picture, music or video" -> "picture and photo" tab within the popping-up left-hand pane ->enter the name or the file type that we want to search ->press "Search" to list all pictures with our requirement. Once the search finishes, we can compare the pictures and then delete the duplicate ones manually. This approach can be used when there are only a few pictures on the computer. It will be harder when there are large amount of pictures, won't it? It will not only take very longer time, but also can not delete duplicate pictures thoroughly. So it is advised that we can rely on third-party software to delete picture duplicates from our computers. When searching the Internet, we will be easy to get access to some duplicates cleaner. Of all the cleaners I have ever used, a program called Duplicate File Cleaner is very effective and powerful in finding and correctly deleting duplicate files. Take duplicate pictures as an example, we can easily proceed the scan as the steps below: Run Duplicate File Cleaner and select "picture" tab ->Select Drives or Directories to be scanned in left-hand pane of the interface ->Select Scan mode and Scan Filter in right-hand pane ->Click "Scan now" to proceed ->Once scan finishes, we click "Delete" button to remove the duplicate pictures. (Note:This cleaner will only delete duplicate files and the default option is to move duplicates to Recycle Bin, but a removal to an assigned folder make it much easier to restore the deleted files when necessary.) As we can see that it is much better and safer to find and delete duplicate pictures with a professional duplicate cleaner. Hence, you can easily regain more available hard disk space and faster computer speed in minutes.
