{"id":100,"date":"2018-04-30T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:52","slug":"remove-visually-similar-images-in-google-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/remove-visually-similar-images-in-google-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Visually Similar Images in Google Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we tackle similar photos in <\/span><b>Google Photos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? They bear striking resemblance to each other but on the same time, arent similar enough to be categorized as duplicate or identical ones. Huge collections of similar photos are often found on computers (and cloud storage accounts such as <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) of people involved in processing photos in huge quantities such as professional photographers, web designers and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These similar photos result in the wastage of precious storage space and money (if the user has subscribed to a paid-for <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account) as well. To remove all the needless clutter caused by visually similar images, use <strong>PictureEcho<\/strong>. This software is fast, accurate, and reliable to scan and delete visually similar photos and duplicate images alike on <\/span>Google Photos<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a verified software | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Download it NOW<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compatible with <\/span><b>Windows 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; <\/span><b>7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | View the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/termsofservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Terms<\/b><b> of Service<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See PictureEcho <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>blog<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more details<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Solution: Deleting Similar Photos in Google Photos<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deleting photos one by one is quite easy, and it should always be. But this can turn into a major nightmare if the number of photos involved is in hundreds (or more). What can you do then? Use third-party software to good effect and it will take care of everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One such software that allows deleting similar photos, with absolute accuracy in determining the results as well as taking care of them is <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can easily detect similar (and duplicates also) photos by simply running a scan on them. Here is what you need to do:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sync <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now <\/span>download<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and install <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execute the downloaded setup file to install the software.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch the software and click <\/span><b>Add Path<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to add up the <\/span><b>Google Photos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> folder.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_624\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-624\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3333-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3333-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3333-768x124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3333-80x13.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/3333.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Selecting the Google Photos folder<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now click <\/span><b>Similarity Setting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to choose from the 4 different options available.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-625\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2222-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2222-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2222-80x48.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2222.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Choose the setting of your choice<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now click <\/span><b>Start Search<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to initiate the scan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you get the results after the scan has been ended, you&#8217;ll be seeing on the bottom-most bar of the <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> user interface how many similar images have been detected and the astonishingly high amount of storage space they were occupying.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Select Duplicates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to choose the category of similar images you want to retain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now click <\/span><b>Select Action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to either delete the images or move them to a separate folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the operation is performed and the changes synced to <\/span><b>Google Photos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you&#8217;ll notice a big change in it with regards to storage space being occupied as well as the data is well organized.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Final Word<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job done! This is how you get rid of visually similar images from <\/span><b>Google Photos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a safe and secure manner.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do we tackle similar photos in Google Photos? They bear striking resemblance to each other but on the same time, arent similar enough to be categorized as duplicate or identical ones. Huge collections of similar photos are often found on computers (and cloud storage accounts such as Google Drive) of people involved in processing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,52,51,53],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-delete-similar-images-from-google-photos-and-recover-storage-space","tag-erase-similar-images-from-google-photos","tag-get-rid-of-similar-images-from-google-photos","tag-how-to-delete-similar-images-from-google-photos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}