We’ve all got duplicate photos in our photo library. Whether, you saved the same picture twice on WhatsApp or iMessage, or, you love taking a lot of pictures and forgot to remove similar ones, or, mistakenly take a screenshot twice. Whatever the case, the new Photos app tool lets you easily declutter the photo library in a few taps. Apple names the new utility tool, “duplicate detection”, as the name suggests, the tool will use machine learning tech to find similar images on the photo library and show them in the Duplicates album. The feature will help you save an ample amount of space on your iPhone. In this guide, I have covered everything on how to merge and delete duplicate photos on iPhone. Up until now, there are two ways to find duplicate pictures, one is with the help of third-party apps, and the second one is by using the Shortcuts app. Both methods aren’t as easy as the native solution. Let’s dive right into the steps.
How to Merge Duplicate Photos on iOS 16
The duplicate detection feature is limited to iOS 16 and the newer versions. If your iPhone is running on iOS 16 then your device will automatically aggregate all duplicate photos in the photo library. The new utility tool will merge duplicates into a single photo by saving the highest quality photo. Here’s how you can find the Duplicates album in the Photos app on iPhone. Merging duplicate photos and videos will save the high-resolution version on your device. The removed pictures remain available for 30 days in recently deleted albums, so you can easily recover any photo if needed or removed mistakenly. If you’ve got a storage issue on your iPhone, then you can manually go to the Recently Deleted albums in utilities and then remove all images. The new feature works well in my testing, there’s no need to sideload third-party apps, you can also skip the shortcuts method now. All you need to do is, install the latest version of iOS 16 on your iPhone then let the work be done by the Duplicate detection feature on the Photos app. One of the coolest things about the new feature is, that it also shows the size of the image on the preview of the image, which you can check at the time of merging. Apart from merging the photos, you can also delete the images if they are no longer usable. You can select all photos, then tap on the delete icon at the bottom right corner. So, this is the easiest way by which you can easily merge and delete duplicate photos on your iPhone. If you still have a query on how to merge duplicate photos on iOS 16, then leave a comment in the comment box. Also, share this article with your friends.
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