Personal photos are one of the items with the greatest sentimental value that we can find today. Many of us take photos daily, or almost daily, of what we are finding in our day to day thanks to mobile phones. Thanks to the cloud we can always have a backup copy of the data at hand, but, in addition, many times we usually save another additional copy on the computer. With the passage of time, the photo library that we have on our PC can become really large. And, the larger it is, the more likely it is to save repeated photos that only make us use up space on the hard drive or SSD.
Although we can always review the photos one by one, and delete those that are already saved in another folder, the truth is that this is a job of anything but practical. And although a photo can occupy, for example, 4 MB, when we have dozens, or hundreds, of them saved two or more times, the space that we are wasting begins to be considerable.
Therefore, if we want to have a clean collection of photos, without repeated or duplicated images, we must start by looking for a program that allows us to do it quickly and easily. And these are the best we can find.
Find.Same.Images.OK, free program to find identical photos
Find.Same.Images.OK is one of the most popular and recommended free programs to search for all kinds of repeated photos on any computer. This program allows us to introduce a directory and, with one click, it will start to analyze it for matches. In addition to finding duplicate photos, this program will also allow us to find similar photos that, for example, have been rotated.
When it detects a match, it will allow us to choose which photo we want to delete and which one we want to keep. In each match we can see a percentage of similarity that will allow us to know if the image is identical (that is, a duplicate) or simply a similar one.
We can download Find.Same.Images.OK from this link . In addition, it is available in Spanish.
AntiDupl, OpenSource program to find similar photos
If what we are looking for is an open source program, then one of the best options that we are going to have at our disposal is AntiDupl. This open source program, written in .NET, allows us to search very easily all the duplicate photos that we have in a specific directory on the computer. It is compatible with the JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, EMF, WMF, EXIF, ICON, JP2, PSD, DDS and TGA formats, and thanks to its content analysis algorithms, this program detects both identical photos and photos similar (for example, if we have shot the same photo 3 times in a row). It allows us to compare the photos before deleting them and choose which one we want to keep.
We can download AntiDupl for free from its main website . Some antivirus can detect a threat in the installer, but it is a false positive. The program is open source, so anyone can check it out.
VisiPics, a discontinued classic that still works
Another free alternative that will help us clean and organize our photo library is VisiPics. This software is characterized above all by its high analysis speed, being able to take advantage of even dual-core processors. It is very easy to use and, although the interface is not one of the most careful that we can find on the Internet, it is designed to facilitate the visualization of all the content.
We can download VisiPics for free from here . Although this program has been without updates since 2013, today it is still one of the best options to consider.
AllDup, find duplicate photos, videos and any duplicate files
AllDup is a program designed to allow us to delete all kinds of duplicate files from the computer, not just photos. This program allows us to find duplicate files based on different criteria, such as file name, extension, size, content and even attributes. In addition, it has special algorithms to detect both similar and duplicate images as well as similar audio files that we have on the PC. It also allows you to find duplicate video files based on their length and size.
We can download AllDup free of charge from this link .
Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder, find duplicate photos and the like in seconds
If speed is what you are looking for, Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder will become your program. This free software is specialized in searching and finding all kinds of duplicate images, or similar ones, on our computer. This software is very easy to use, since we can put it to work with just a couple of mouse clicks.
It can compare photos in many different ways, and is even capable of detecting similar images in black and white and color. It is compatible with JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF formats and allows us to easily choose which photo we want to save and which one to delete from its simple interface.
We can download Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder from this website .
Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder, one of the best programs to find repeated photos, paid
Not all the programs we find to find duplicate photos on our hard drives are free. Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder is one of the payment alternatives that we can find for this same purpose. This program allows you to compare photos in many different ways, being able to choose from searching and finding identical photos to similar ones, or comparing their exif data. This software allows us to see all the data of each image, preview it and easily delete the one that we do not want to save.
It has a free version that, although it is functional, lags behind the previous free alternatives. But if we pay for the license for this software, we will be able to take full advantage of it, being able to analyze Adobe catalogs, support formats such as RAW, HEIC and WebP, and automate many of the tasks.
We can download Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder from this link .
Image Comparer, find repeated and very similar photos
This is another paid alternative that will allow us to analyze our photo library to find and eliminate all duplicates. We can start the program in just a couple of clicks, and it will look for the photos in the directories that we specify. One of its main characteristics is that its algorithm automatically selects the photo with the highest quality to help us decide when to save, or delete, the repeated photos.
We can download Image Comparer from its website .
Duplicates Cleaner, the Microsoft Store UWP alternative
If we are one of those who like Windows 10 UWP applications, and we are looking for a program in the Microsoft Store, Duplicates Cleaner is our best option. This program will automatically take care of analyzing the directories that we indicate and looking for all kinds of duplicate images that we may have saved in them. In addition, this program also allows us to search for all kinds of duplicate files, as well as documents and videos.
This program is especially characterized by its outstanding performance. Its algorithm allows you to find and compare files faster than any other program in the store. Unfortunately, the free version is limited, and we will have to buy Duplicates Cleaner Prime (also in the store) if we want to unlock its full potential.