Is there a way to delete duplicate photos from iCloud? Through the process of migrating all photos off of my laptop to iCloud, I now have thousands of duplicates. Is there a way of automating removal rather than the stupid and time-consuming task of deleting one-by-one?
Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
Sign with account credentials at www.icloud.com in photos section if duplicate photos are in series , move your three fingers from top left corner diagonally towards bottom right corner on trackpad to select and click on delete icon , if photos are at randomly placed then create an untitled folder drag and drop photos in it , export / file save as in finder , again open finder delete the duplicate photos .
It depends on you to save at which location , the above screen shot is by default , click on drop down arrow in front of desktop - iCloud ( if you created a folder in iCloud Drive that can also be selected ) .
Note : if you use third party apps to find / delete duplicate photos , possibilities of corrupting the photo application Using third-party apps to remove duplicate photos might damage your Photos for macOS library - Apple Support
iCloud should automatically detect duplicate photos. If the same photo is synced from two devices it will notice this and only store one copy.
However, if the copies are only similar - e.g. one is a RAW and the other a JPEG version - then these will be considered separate photos.
How to delete duplicate photos from iCloud
