Duplicate files · Duplicates and Smart Care
How do I stop Smart Care offering to clean duplicates?
Short answer: Go to Preferences → Rules → Global overrides and switch off "Let Smart Care clean duplicate files". Smart Care keeps its normal safe run, and the Duplicates window still works on its own.
Open Preferences → Rules, find Global overrides, and switch off "Let Smart Care clean duplicate files". Smart Care then runs its usual safe clean-up without the duplicate step.
The Duplicates window keeps working as before, and background scanning continues for each source unless you switch its Auto-scan off too.