Many users of Excire Foto want to keep only one of the found duplicates. However, finding the "original" is not always easy with digital duplicates.
Caution: The display always shows all images in a duplicate group, so you should not delete all of them.
There is also a difference between "Exact Duplicates" and "Near Duplicates." Both are search options in the duplicate search.
For "Exact duplicates", there is no automatic way for the program to decide which one to keep. However, it is possible to use parts of the file name or the directory as selection criteria.
The search by source and target directories is also useful here.
For "Near Duplicates," there are additional options to let the program make a preselection, such as keeping the photo with the highest resolution, a RAW file, or the image with the highest rating.
These settings can be found in the Flag Assistant. In the case of exact duplicates, the simplified settings are grayed out. Please use the advanced settings further down in the selection window.
Select the first photo
This function can simplify the selection by keeping only the first photo of a duplicate group.
Here's how it works:
- You can find this option above the gallery under "Select First."
- If you want to delete all photos except the first one, you can select all other photos under the "Edit" tab -> "Invert Selection" (or with the shortcut Ctrl + I).
- Then you can delete them by right-clicking on one of the selected photos and choosing "Remove Photo(s)." Alternatively, you can flag them for rejection and delete the photos later.
