---
id: duplicates.are-downloads-copies-like-file-1-found-as-duplicates
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/are-downloads-copies-like-file-1-found-as-duplicates
category: "Duplicate files"
subcategory: "Duplicates basics"
question: "Will it find downloads saved twice, like \"file (1).pdf\"?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remove duplicate downloads on Mac"
  - "Files with (1) in the name"
  - "Downloaded the same file twice mac"
  - "Clean up duplicate files in Downloads"
short_answer: "Yes, if they're exact copies of at least 1 MB (or Include small files is on). Downloads is checked, and when another copy is filed in a working folder like Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping that one and removing the Downloads copy."
tags: ["duplicates", "downloads"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/which-copy-does-storage-studio-recommend-keeping", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/why-werent-my-small-files-checked-for-duplicates"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Will it find downloads saved twice, like "file (1).pdf"?

Yes, as long as the two downloads are exact copies and at least 1 MB (or you've turned on **Include small files**). Downloads is one of the folders the **This Mac** source checks, and repeat downloads are one of the most common kinds of duplicate.

When one copy is in Downloads or on the Desktop and another has been filed in a working folder such as Documents, Storage Studio recommends keeping the filed copy and removing the one in Downloads.