{"id":766,"date":"2020-02-24T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:38","slug":"retain-highest-quality-format-images-and-delete-the-rest-of-duplicates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/retain-highest-quality-format-images-and-delete-the-rest-of-duplicates\/","title":{"rendered":"Retain Highest Quality Format Images and Delete the Rest of Duplicates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excess duplicate photos can cause a big mess with a computer\u2019s storage capacity as well as it&#8217;s performance. If you are a photographer or graphic designer, I bet you have faced this issue at some stage. It is recommended that you regularly scan your computer and get rid of duplicate photos that have accumulated across various locations on your device.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Product Spotlight: Use PictureEcho to find and delete Windows 11 duplicate &amp; similar images. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pictureecho.com\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Get it NOW!<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7V_fo5Ktl2I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must be thinking that it would be almost impossible to go through each file and determine the duplicates manually. Well, who said you have to do it manually? We have got a solution that will take care of it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>PictureEcho<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PictureEcho offers a one-stop solution for all your duplicate image worries. You can easily detect duplicates in bulk, and easily retain the higher quality ones at a single click. This is just one of the mind-boggling features that PictureEcho offers. PictureEcho allows users to find not just exact duplicate images but also similar images as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PictureEcho is currently available for Windows only. It supports the most common image types including JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, and ICO. As far as raw images go, they are currently supported in only the Exact Match mode as of now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using PictureEcho is very easy. Here\u2019s what you should do:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch PictureEcho and use the Add Path button to add all the locations you want to scan. Use the Remove Path button to exclude a folder from the scan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose between Exact Match and Similar Match. If you select Similar Match, you can also select a similarity level via the Similarity Settings link.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hit the Start Search button and wait for PictureEcho to do the job.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you see the scan results, check the footer to be amazed about the duplicates that are detected and the space they have taken up. You can click an image to check it&#8217;s preview.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the Select Duplicates button and choose which type of files you want to retain. You can opt to retain the oldest, newest, most modified, least modified, highest resolution, lowest resolution and by image location.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final step is to click Select Action and choose between permanently deleting the duplicates and moving them to a folder of your choice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, PictureEcho also allows users to view a history of all the scans they ran in the past. Use the History link in the footer of the PictureEcho user interface to find out how many duplicate images you\u2019ve cleaned up over time with this software. And don\u2019t forget to thank us for that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PictureEcho runs an intelligent diagnostic on your images way faster than you would ever imagine. With PictureEcho, all you have to do is scan, visualize, and process! With just a few clicks, you can manage to get rid of tons of duplicates images just like this.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excess duplicate photos can cause a big mess with a computer\u2019s storage capacity as well as it&#8217;s performance. If you are a photographer or graphic designer, I bet you have faced this issue at some stage. 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