Deleting duplicate files on Mac

What is a good, trusted program to use to delete duplicate files on my Mac/iCloud?

Posted on Nov 5, 2025 1:39 PM

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Dec 6, 2025 10:04 PM in response to thescholar

TLDR; Fdupes && diff


Depending on your familiarity with macOS file systems and comfortability with advanced-user level tasks, you can utilize the Terminal.app and perform file/directory comparison commands to identify space saving opportunities.

Fdupes checks if the files are identical. Diff checks how files are different. Fdupes better for large number of files, use first. Then narrow down with the line by line differences in each file.

Here’s a well received resource.

https://youtu.be/eJzPthycAP0?si=2eZjlqmBIhPqxsUg

Deleting duplicate files on Mac

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