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date: 2019-06-20T16:09:42+01:00
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title: "rclone dedupe"
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slug: rclone_dedupe
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url: /commands/rclone_dedupe/
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---
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## rclone dedupe
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Interactively find duplicate files and delete/rename them.
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### Synopsis
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By default `dedupe` interactively finds duplicate files and offers to
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delete all but one or rename them to be different. Only useful with
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Google Drive which can have duplicate file names.
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In the first pass it will merge directories with the same name. It
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will do this iteratively until all the identical directories have been
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merged.
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The `dedupe` command will delete all but one of any identical (same
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md5sum) files it finds without confirmation. This means that for most
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duplicated files the `dedupe` command will not be interactive. You
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can use `--dry-run` to see what would happen without doing anything.
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Here is an example run.
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Before - with duplicates
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$ rclone lsl drive:dupes
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000 one.txt
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:11.775000000 one.txt
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564374 2016-03-05 16:23:06.731000000 one.txt
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:18:26.092000000 one.txt
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000 two.txt
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1744073 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000 two.txt
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564374 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000 two.txt
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Now the `dedupe` session
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$ rclone dedupe drive:dupes
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2016/03/05 16:24:37 Google drive root 'dupes': Looking for duplicates using interactive mode.
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one.txt: Found 4 duplicates - deleting identical copies
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one.txt: Deleting 2/3 identical duplicates (md5sum "1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36")
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one.txt: 2 duplicates remain
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1: 6048320 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000, md5sum 1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36
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2: 564374 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:23:06.731000000, md5sum 7594e7dc9fc28f727c42ee3e0749de81
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s) Skip and do nothing
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k) Keep just one (choose which in next step)
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r) Rename all to be different (by changing file.jpg to file-1.jpg)
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s/k/r> k
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Enter the number of the file to keep> 1
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one.txt: Deleted 1 extra copies
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two.txt: Found 3 duplicates - deleting identical copies
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two.txt: 3 duplicates remain
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1: 564374 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000, md5sum 7594e7dc9fc28f727c42ee3e0749de81
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2: 6048320 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000, md5sum 1eedaa9fe86fd4b8632e2ac549403b36
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3: 1744073 bytes, 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000, md5sum 851957f7fb6f0bc4ce76be966d336802
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s) Skip and do nothing
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k) Keep just one (choose which in next step)
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r) Rename all to be different (by changing file.jpg to file-1.jpg)
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s/k/r> r
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two-1.txt: renamed from: two.txt
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two-2.txt: renamed from: two.txt
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two-3.txt: renamed from: two.txt
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The result being
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$ rclone lsl drive:dupes
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:23:16.798000000 one.txt
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564374 2016-03-05 16:22:52.118000000 two-1.txt
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6048320 2016-03-05 16:22:46.185000000 two-2.txt
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1744073 2016-03-05 16:22:38.104000000 two-3.txt
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Dedupe can be run non interactively using the `--dedupe-mode` flag or by using an extra parameter with the same value
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* `--dedupe-mode interactive` - interactive as above.
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* `--dedupe-mode skip` - removes identical files then skips anything left.
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* `--dedupe-mode first` - removes identical files then keeps the first one.
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* `--dedupe-mode newest` - removes identical files then keeps the newest one.
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* `--dedupe-mode oldest` - removes identical files then keeps the oldest one.
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* `--dedupe-mode largest` - removes identical files then keeps the largest one.
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* `--dedupe-mode rename` - removes identical files then renames the rest to be different.
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For example to rename all the identically named photos in your Google Photos directory, do
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rclone dedupe --dedupe-mode rename "drive:Google Photos"
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Or
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rclone dedupe rename "drive:Google Photos"
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```
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rclone dedupe [mode] remote:path [flags]
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```
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### Options
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```
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--dedupe-mode string Dedupe mode interactive|skip|first|newest|oldest|rename. (default "interactive")
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-h, --help help for dedupe
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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### SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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