{"id":105,"date":"2018-04-30T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:52","slug":"find-lookalike-or-similar-photos-in-onedrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/find-lookalike-or-similar-photos-in-onedrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Lookalike or Similar Photos in OneDrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did it ever happen to you, while you\u2019re simply in the midst of uploading photos to your <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account, that all of a sudden you get a notification pop up which states that you can\u2019t add any more photos because you have run out of space on your cloud account? And this comes as a rude shock to you because as per your understanding, you have utilized very little space on your account and expect most of it to be free. What now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Product Spotlight (OneDrive Duplicates):<\/span> Use Cloud Duplicate Finder to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\/onedrive-duplicate-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">remove 1000s of duplicates on OneDrive<\/a> cloud, completely online.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cloud Duplicate Finder is a web-service by our company, Sorcim Technologies. It helps people in removing duplicates completely online from the cloud drives. Use it and share your thoughts with us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0BvS6-dAWfE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doesn&#8217;t contain any special algorithms to detect similar images and users must figure out a way to take stock of such irritants on their own and clean them up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another cause of concern is that similar photos come into existence due to multiple factors. Suppose you clicked a photo through your phone and added it right away to <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Shortly after, you clicked another picture and added this to <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well! Now, this is where things get messy. You have two photos of the same object\/ thing in <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, causing disorganization as well as wastage of storage space, and worse of all you aren&#8217;t even aware of this situation and will be caught off guard sometime in the future when you will be served the drive full notification!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, in order to avoid such a scenario, you will have to either locate similar photos in <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then delete them manually or use a software to auto-detect and delete them all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wish the second option was possible? Your wish has already been granted.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Use PictureEcho<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a simple, yet highly effective way to get rid of similar photos, whether they&#8217;re located your computer&#8217;s hard drive or any cloud service such as <\/span><b>OneDrive <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(with a little more effort). Just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">download<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and install <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> onto your system. Next up:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sync <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and add <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the target scan area via the <\/span><b>Add Path<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_120\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 156px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/777-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/777-3.jpg 146w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/777-3-80x64.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Select the local OneDrive folder<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Similarity Setting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button to select your preferred mode from 4 different options that are available.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Start Search<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to initialize the scan.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_121\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 139px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/787.jpg 129w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/787-80x30.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Launch the scan!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the scan gets over, you will notice scan results populate the <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> user interface.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing the files manually is certainly an option, but it can be a big ask if the number of files runs beyond a few dozens. You can click the <\/span><b>Select Duplicates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button in the footer to choose which kind of duplicates (or rather similar images) you want to retain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the remaining photos, click <\/span><b>Select Action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and opt for either permanently deleting the images or moving them to a folder of your choice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wait for the changes to be replicated to your <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>How to Avoid Similar Images in OneDrive?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar images will occur due to many reasons. And it is almost a given that they will see the light of the day on someday in the future. However, you can avoid this eventuality to a greater extent (if not completely) provided you are more diligent with keeping your data organized and use <\/span><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> occasionally to sweep away any occasional similar images that might have evaded you and landed somehow into your <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did it ever happen to you, while you\u2019re simply in the midst of uploading photos to your OneDrive account, that all of a sudden you get a notification pop up which states that you can\u2019t add any more photos because you have run out of space on your cloud account? 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