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title: How to find any duplicate files in Google Drive
description: "GAT+ audit provides an extensive and comprehensive view of overall Google Drive files on your domain. An Admin can filter and search for any **Duplicate files in Google Drive.** ### Find Duplicate Content files Navigate to **GAT+ → Drive →…"
url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/how-to-find-any-duplicate-files-in-google-drive/"
updated: "2022-02-16"
category: "Drive Audit & Management"
tags:
  - GAT+
---

# How to find any duplicate files in Google Drive

GAT+ audit provides an extensive and comprehensive view of overall Google Drive files on your domain.

An Admin can filter and search for any **Duplicate files in Google Drive.**

### Find Duplicate Content files

Navigate to **GAT+ → Drive → Apply custom filter →**  set **Type - Duplicated Files **

![](https://gatlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.18-19_54_53.png)

> *Note: It might take some time to complete, **set a more restrictive filter if the query times out.***

**IMPORTANT:** **md5 field is not available for files scanned before March 2021, contact [support](mailto:support@gatlabs.com) to request a full re-scan.**

Add an additional filter to search for the Duplicates:

- **by specific user**
- **by date last updated**
- **Min number of duplicates - 2**
  - **Min file size - 1 KB**
  - **Max file size - 2 MB**

The filter: **Selects (non-Google) files that have the same size and md5 checksum.**

### Result

The result will show**all the (Non-Google) Duplicated Files** based on the **filter applied.**

![](https://gatlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.18-20_05_16.png)

#### md5 checksum &  number of copies

The **md5 checksum** table shows the MD5 Checksum and the **number of copies** the File has.

- The shown files have **2 files** (copies) - as the screenshot above

#### View MD5 Checksum

Select the "**Column visibility**" button from the right side and**enable the md5 checksum.**

![](https://gatlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.16-11_53_05.png)