Hi Android Community, I previously used "DFCleaner" which was a free, ad-supported app that searched specified folders for duplicate files and let you preview and delete anything that it found. This app now bothers me with a consent form for ad tracking so I've ditched it in protest. Are there any open source alternatives to this app? I've tried looking in F-Droid but couldn't find anything relevant.
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sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 14 pts · 2y
MargotRobbie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I think Google Files already has that function included, but I've actually never used it, so try it out.
random65837@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
random65837@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
AstroTechie@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 2y
Also, that's probably just google enforcing EU user consent policy which will be mandatory for mobile ads starting from January.
It's weird that a user was happy seeing ads without consent and now decides to ditch the app because it asks for consent before showing ads it was already showing ¯_(ツ)_/¯
random65837@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
nx2@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y
Termux.
If you don't know terminal it's intimidating I guess l, but you can Google how to find duplicates in linux, and xdg-open works well in termux for preview
Be sure to enable allow-external-apps in
~/.termux/termux.propertiesI sure there are more user-friendly way to do this but this works 100%
ThatHermanoGuy@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y
With fdupes
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz · -6 pts · 2y
Counter-question: why is this even a thing? Why do people care about "duplicate files" so much? Like, what exactly are y'all doing that's creating all these duplicates?
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It happens when you save interesting memes from time to time and forget that you already saved some of them a few weeks ago. Google Files helped me spot many of those duplicates.
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz · -4 pts · 2y
... but why would you save them? What do you do with them afterwards? Do you also backup and archive them, or do you normally delete them after some time?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
At this point I have over 20 gigs of cat pictures from over 5 years. The only ones I delete are duplicates.