{"id":366,"date":"2019-02-06T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T13:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:47","slug":"fix-duplicate-files-in-box-after-sync-from-pc-to-online-cloud-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/fix-duplicate-files-in-box-after-sync-from-pc-to-online-cloud-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Duplicate Files in Box After Sync from PC to Online Cloud Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Box. Inc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, based out of California, is a popular cloud service provider that caters to a wide range of users. It was founded in 2005 and offers three account types to appeal to users of almost every type, namely Enterprise, Business and Personal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Box works in a similar manner to other state-of-the-art cloud utilities. Being able to sync data in large quantities means users often end up saving up duplicates to the cloud. This causes great inefficiency at multiple levels, and must be corrected. Use <strong>Cloud Duplicate Finder<\/strong>\u00a0to sweep clean all Box duplicates with unmatched security, and accuracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean Up <strong>Box<\/strong> Duplicates with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Cloud Duplicate Finder<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Works with <\/span><b>OneDrive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Dropbox<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Amazon S3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Box<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See <\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\/tems-of-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ARdYxXQ3lA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Box employs top-notch security with an encryption key and uses the widely popular <\/span><b>256-AES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encryption algorithm. The end-to-end encryption method ensures your data is entirely secure and no one ever has access to the data that has been sent and communicated between you and the storage server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Box offers users with the flexibility to share the stroke of a few clicks, selected documents, images, files between family, friends, and colleagues. If the users want to share an entire folder or several folders, Box is up to the task and facilitates that job without any issues whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Box provides a <\/span><b>10 GB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storage limit free of cost for all users. However, there is a caveat attached to this account type. Users can upload a file with a maximum file size of <\/span><b>250 MB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only. This limit is dramatically increased to <\/span><b>5 GB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when you upgrade your existing plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another catch associated with Box is that it currently does not allow using an in-app editor to change the contents of your documents online. This means that you will have to resort to the in-house <\/span><b>Box Tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or a third-party app such as <\/span><b>Microsoft Office<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>OpenOffice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to edit your files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What\u2019s Box Sync?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Synchronization<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(commonly abbreviated as <\/span><b>Sync<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is the process that ensures changes made on a file are replicated at the other end in real-time. Similarly, if multiple computers, tablets or even smartphones are connected to a single Box account, making a change on a single of these devices will result in the same change being reproduced on all the other devices momentarily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most beautiful aspects of the sync process is that it allows the user to share data between a group of people in a corporate environment, making it easier to collaborate and review important changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Box also enables you to go for selective sync. This means that you can opt to be choosy with syncing folders if you don\u2019t need to sync a whole bunch of folders to save time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, Box syncing makes it possible to keep files consistent across multiple sides regardless of the operating system you use and the device you are using.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The Catch<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of syncing can lead to a lot of duplication of your original work. Eventually, you run the risk of running out of low cloud storage space one day. You can either go for upgrading your account type and choose to finance those duplicates occupying your Box cloud storage or look for a method to delete those duplicates to prevent any chances of your cash being spent for no good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, Box isn\u2019t equipped with an in-house feature to detect and delete duplicates. This leaves you with either doing it all manually or going for a comprehensive third-party tool to do it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely, sifting through each and every single file from a collection that spans tens of thousands of files (or even more) is akin to asking for a headache. The rational way is to go towards a solution driven by smart algorithms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cloud Duplicate Finder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> answers you call. It does it all for you while keeping the entire process highly secure, yet simple enough for virtually any cloud user to get the heck of it within minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Cleaning Box Duplicates in Minutes<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Step # 1: Register on Cloud Duplicate Finder<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you register for Box, learn how you can easily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudduplicatefinder.com\/box-duplicate-finder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clean up Box duplicates on the cloud<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register for an account. The registration process is entirely free-of-cost.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_429\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-429\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/register-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/register-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/register-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/register-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/register.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Registering for a Cloud Duplicate Finder account<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check for a verification link in your email Inbox and click it to verify your account. If you haven\u2019t received the email a while after you registered your account, check the Junk\/ Spam folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step # 2: Add Your Box Account<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign into your account at Cloud Duplicate Finder website and then click on the <\/span><b>Box<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, you will have to integrate your Box account with Cloud Duplicate Finder. To do so, click on <\/span><b>Add New Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and then enter your Box account credentials as well as the required file access permissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_430\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-430\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-sign-in-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-sign-in-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-sign-in-80x58.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-sign-in.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Enter your Box account credentials<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_431\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 226px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-permission-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-permission-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-permission-80x111.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/box-permission.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Granting Box with the relevant permission<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By no means does Sorcim\u2018s Cloud Duplicate Finder saves your data on their server. Your privacy will always be our foremost priority at all times<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step # 3: Choose What to Scan<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going ahead, look for the list of all root directories on your screen. Select the ones you would want to scan for duplicates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-432\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-folders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-folders.jpg 196w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-folders-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can run a universal file scan or opt to scan for select file types. Both of these scans have their own merits, however, the latter will be over sooner than the former.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step # 4: Scan &amp; Delete the Dupes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Scan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">button on the right to launch the scan. Even though every effort has been made to make the scan process comprehensive as well as super-fast, the process might take a while especially if your Box account contains a big number of files.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_433\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 243px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-433\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-button.jpg 233w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scan-button-80x23.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Launching the scan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the scan is over, you will get summarized results of the scan. The results will state the number of duplicates detected, the storage space lost to them etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Select Duplicates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">button on the bottom and select your preferred criteria on which kind of file from each duplicate group you would like to retain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, click <\/span><b>Select Action<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click the next option to move all the duplicates to the <\/span><b>Bin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section of your Box cloud drive with a single click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Why Cloud Duplicate Finder?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleaning duplicates with Cloud Duplicate Finder translates into the following several benefits and add-on features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased productivity and avoid replication of information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultra-fast &amp; super easy scan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100 percent scan accuracy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud-based web interface (no software download required)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports major cloud services such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box (and many others to be added very soon)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One-click cleanup<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advanced search filters allow you to narrow down the scan<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View image preview online<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to scan all or custom folders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy navigation across various file types<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recover volumes of storage space lost to duplicates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports all file types for duplicate scan and cleanup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box. 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