OneDrive is an online cloud storage facility provided by Microsoft that enables users to access their data across multiple devices and from any location on the globe by simply entering the correct credentials. This means that the change in name, from SkyDrive to OneDrive, hasn’t had any impact on the service’s usefulness. Users can easily synchronize the data on their device to OneDrive servers as a means of backup.
However, syncing data from multiple devices results in the possibility of the creation of multiple copies a.k.a duplicates of the same file. These duplicates not only occupy a significant portion of the user’s OneDrive storage capacity but also result in a cluttered display. Eventually, when the time comes to clean up some storage space, the user is forced to delete important files, while these duplicates are still present. This is a nightmarish scenario from all angles. This issue must be taken care of at the earliest, else the number of duplicates, as well as the storage space being inefficiently utilized (lost to duplicates), will only grow over the course of time.
In this article, we will be looking at how to detect and delete duplicate Zip files on OneDrive. These files are most likely to get duplicated as it is a little tricky to detect their duplicates. As we all know, a Zip file contains some good amount of information packed inside it. Extracting the contents of every single Zip file will translate into hundreds (or even more) files to compare. This is, by all means, an extremely boring, time-consuming and a tedious process.
However, the good news is that you can use software available in the market that can perform this task for you. A well-known software that efficiently finds duplicate Zip files in OneDrive is Clone Files Checker.
Clone Files Checker
This software has multiple modes of operation, so that you can choose the one that caters to your needs. You can choose to perform a duplicate scan on all files or a custom scan on files with a particular file extension. In our case, we will choose to perform a custom scan for Zip files. But before we launch the scan, you must move all the Zip files to a single folder. Next, follow these instructions to easily track and get rid of any duplicate Zip files.
- Download and install Clone Files Checker.
- Launch the program and select the Cloud Scan mode.
- Click the OneDrive option.
- Click Load Drive in the Step 1 area and enter your Microsoft account credentials.
- Click Yes to give your assent to Clone Files Checker accessing your data to scan it.
- Patiently wait for your OneDrive data to be loaded into Clone Files Checker user interface.
- Once you spot all the data has been loaded up, select the folder that contains Zip files from the Step 1 section.
- Simply click the Start Search button to launch the scan.
- Once the scan is over and brings up any duplicates, click Select Duplicates to choose which kind of Zip file(s) you would like to retain.
- Finally, click Select Action and choose between permanent deletion and moving the duplicate Zip files to a folder of your choice.
It is advised to periodically scan the contents of OneDrive for duplicates files. This ensures that you are using your storage capacity in an optimal manner and there are no unnecessary files present on your cloud storage.
