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Find duplicate photos and free up space, safely
iEdit finds exact copies and near-duplicate photos in your gallery on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, groups them as Same or Similar, marks the best one and lets you delete the rest through your system's own confirmation. The comparison runs on your device and the tool is free.
Overview
Open the tool and iEdit compares your photos with a perceptual hash, a fingerprint of what each picture looks like rather than its file name or size. Groups are labelled Same for identical copies and Similar for near matches, such as the same scene saved twice at different sizes or a photo and its edited copy. In each group the Best photo is marked, exact copies are pre-ticked, and the total is shown on the button itself, for example Delete 12 photos · 84 MB.
At least one photo in every group is always kept; iEdit will not let a group empty itself. Deleting goes through your system's confirmation dialog, and the photos go to Recently Deleted on iPhone and iPad, where they stay for 30 days, or to the trash on Android 11 and later. You can give iEdit access to your whole library or only to selected photos; the comparison works either way and runs entirely on your device.
Reach for it after a holiday that produced three copies of every sunset, after restoring a backup that doubled the gallery, or when Storage insight shows that photos fill most of your phone. Because the analysis is on-device and nothing is uploaded, it works offline and your photos are never seen by anyone else. Finding and deleting duplicates is free; Premium is not involved.
Why people use it
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Same and Similar, apart
Exact copies and look-alike shots are grouped separately, so you decide how strict to be.
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The best is marked
Each group points out the best photo, and only exact copies are pre-ticked.
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Nothing lost for good
Deletion uses your system's confirmation and lands in Recently Deleted or the trash.
How to use Find duplicate photos in iEdit
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Open iEdit, go to the Photo tab and choose Find duplicates.
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Allow access to all photos or only to selected ones; iEdit compares them on your device.
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Review each Same and Similar group and adjust the ticks if you like.
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Tap Delete, confirm in the system dialog, and the space is yours again.
Frequently asked questions
Does finding duplicates upload my photos?
No. iEdit computes a small visual fingerprint of each photo on your device and compares the fingerprints there. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the tool works offline. If you prefer, grant access only to selected photos and iEdit will compare just those.
Is the duplicate photo finder free?
Yes, entirely. Finding duplicates, marking the best photo and deleting the copies are all free and need no Premium. Premium only concerns taking files out of My files, which this tool does not do. iEdit shows no ads either.
Can I recover photos deleted by mistake?
Yes, for a while. iEdit never deletes directly: your system asks you to confirm, and the photos then go to Recently Deleted on iPhone and iPad, where they stay for 30 days, or to the trash on Android 11 and later. At least one photo of each group is always kept.
Try Find duplicate photos in iEdit
Available for iPhone, iPad and Android.