---
id: cloud-accounts.find-duplicates-in-google-photos
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/find-duplicates-in-google-photos
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Google Photos"
question: "Can Storage Studio find duplicates in Google Photos?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remove duplicate photos from Google Photos with Storage Studio"
  - "Google Photos duplicate finder Mac"
  - "Clean up Google Photos storage"
  - "Storage Studio dedupe Google Photos"
short_answer: "Not right now. Google Photos can't be added as an account at the moment and doesn't provide the file fingerprints needed. Export with Google Takeout, and the downloaded files can be checked like any other folder."
tags: ["google photos", "duplicates", "not available"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/can-i-add-google-photos-to-storage-studio", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-get-my-photos-out-of-google-photos"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can Storage Studio find duplicates in Google Photos?

Not right now. Google Photos can't be added as an account at the moment, and it doesn't offer the file fingerprints Storage Studio compares, so it can't be scanned in place.

If you export your library with Google Takeout and keep it on your Mac or external drive, the downloaded files can be checked like any other folder. See [duplicates](https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/) and [using Takeout](https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/how-do-i-get-my-photos-out-of-google-photos).