{"id":361,"date":"2019-02-05T10:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T10:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:47","slug":"how-to-group-similar-images-in-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/how-to-group-similar-images-in-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Group Similar Images in Your PC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duplicate images, or images that are similar can lead to a lot of space being wasted in the hard disk. This situation causes many problems and often creates storage hurdles when it comes to saving necessary files. However, the problem is not as simple as it looks. No one creates duplicate pictures intentionally. In fact, these images get created when a user resizes, renames, or changes other attributes of a picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to save space is by grouping similar images and delete them. But you don\u2019t have to search for all similar images and group them. You can easily do that with the help of <strong>PictureEcho<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a verified software | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Download it NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/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;\u00a0<\/span><b>7<\/b> | View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/termsofservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Terms of Service<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See PictureEcho<\/span><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more details<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By doing so, they create a duplicate image that has the attributes they desire. While creating the duplicate image, they often forget that the older version of the same image also exists within the computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s learn what happens when you have these duplicate images in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can\u2019t add additional relevant data to the hard drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The computer becomes slow and installing a program becomes a demanding ask<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can accidentally delete multiple copies including the original image<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system will become disorganized and looking up data will be harder than ever before<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good thing is that there is a solution to all these problems. It is a comprehensive one, does wonders, and keeps it all simple and relevant. Here is how you can free up loads of storage space lost to similar images in your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Group Similar Images and Save Space<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>PictureEcho<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0allows you to easily create groups of photos and discard those that have exact duplicates available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get started and learn how to use this software to group these similar images to save space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>PictureEcho<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply download, install and launch PictureEcho. Now add the path of the folder where you have saved the images. For example, in my case, the files were on the desktop. I will select the folder where the pictures were located. Now I will Select the <\/span><b>Similar Match<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> radio box so that the software will search for similar images in the scan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I will click <\/span><b>Start Search<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to kickstart the scan. The scan might take a while to conclude if the target location contains too many images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the scan is over, I will be shown the aggregate sum of the duplicates detected during the course of the scan as well as the space the duplicates are occupying in the footer of the software\u2019s user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-362\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1-80x47.png 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image1.png 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice the images in the screenshot above. Both of these images seem similar to the naked eye but actually, they are of different sizes. The first one is bigger but looks almost the same as the second one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if you look closely, you will see that both of these are different and not as similar as you though on first sight. In fact, they are totally different images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, I have three options:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delete these files<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Separate these files<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group them<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will make good use of PictureEcho\u2019s capabilities to move these files to a separate folder. Here is how to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/222-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/222-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/222-80x74.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/222.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Select Duplicates options<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will simply click the <\/span><b>Select Duplicates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button and choose one option from the several that are available to highlight which image from each group of similar images I want to retain (move to a folder of my choice basically).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, I will click the <\/span><b>Select Action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button and opt for the <\/span><b>Move to Folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option. The software will first ask for my confirmation of this action and then provide me with a window to browse my way to the folder which I want to move the similar images to.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 248px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/333.jpg 238w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/333-80x32.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Select Action options<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s it. The process is pretty simple and anyone who has PictureEcho available can easily group similar images available in the PC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often times we want to group images on PC but are not able to do so because of the scarcity of time or if we\u2019re simply not willing to undertake such a task manually. PictureEcho makes this task extremely easy for us. All we have to do is follow these simple steps, and the whole job will be over in a flash.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duplicate images, or images that are similar can lead to a lot of space being wasted in the hard disk. This situation causes many problems and often creates storage hurdles when it comes to saving necessary files. However, the problem is not as simple as it looks. No one creates duplicate pictures intentionally. In fact, [&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":[219,218,220,217,216],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-delete-similar-images-to-recover-storage-space","tag-fix-similar-images-easily-and-recover-storage-space","tag-group-similar-images-on-your-pc-easily","tag-tackling-similar-images-in-your-computer","tag-the-problem-of-similar-images"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","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=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}