deleting duplicate pictures

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

After updating all fingerprints on all albums, with a range of 90 to
100% for the duplicates detection, The find duplicates populate the
list, and the Remove Duplicates button is operational. 8.7.0 under
MacOS:

https://imgur.com/a/wXkX4Oq

After a scan, if you close and open digiKam, by default the Remove
Duplicates button is disabled. Press Find Duplicates and it will be
enabled immediately. The restoration state of the Remove Duplicates
button between sessions is a small bug to fix, sure...

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 9 juil. 2025 à 10:18, Johannes Kapune (_911)
<johannes911 at gmx.de> a écrit :
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I do not find an easy way to delete duplicate pictures.
>
> (I do use digikam 8.7.0 in German language)
>
> I collect all pictures from every storage to store that on one NAS and
> than run the "find duplicates" (only 100% equals). During the progress I
> saw that some pictures have1 or up to 6 duplicates, finally it finds
> 230.000 pieces. That is too much to do this manually, I think.
>
> On main screen there is a button "delete duplicates", but it is grayed out.
>
> What I am searching for is a batch program that deletes every duplicate
> but keeps one of the original pictures in place.
>
> What do I make wrong or what can I do to solve my problem?
>
>