---
id: icloud.how-do-i-find-duplicate-photos-in-icloud-photos
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/icloud/how-do-i-find-duplicate-photos-in-icloud-photos
category: "iCloud & iCloud Photos"
subcategory: "iCloud Photos and the Photos library"
question: "How do I find duplicate photos in my Photos library?"
alt_questions:
  - "Remove duplicate photos Mac Photos app"
  - "Duplicates album Photos"
  - "Merge duplicate photos iCloud"
  - "Can Storage Studio find duplicates in my Photos library?"
  - "Duplicate photos taking space"
short_answer: "Use the Duplicates album in Photos' sidebar to merge duplicate photos; the change syncs through iCloud Photos. Never edit inside the Photos library in Finder. Storage Studio's Duplicates window handles ordinary files elsewhere."
tags: ["duplicates", "icloud photos", "photos library"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/can-storage-studio-find-duplicates-in-icloud-drive"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I find duplicate photos in my Photos library?

Use Photos' own **Duplicates** album. In recent versions of macOS, Photos lists duplicates in the sidebar, and you can merge them there — Photos keeps the best version and combines their details, and the change syncs through iCloud Photos.

Don't delete files from inside the Photos library in Finder; the library is a managed package and editing it from outside can damage it.

Storage Studio's **Duplicates** window is for ordinary files — in your Downloads, Documents, Desktop, Movies and Pictures folders, iCloud Drive, and connected cloud accounts. It's ideal for stray photo exports and copied folders outside the Photos library. See [duplicates in iCloud Drive](https://storagestudio.us/faq/duplicates/can-storage-studio-find-duplicates-in-icloud-drive).