{"id":1309,"date":"2022-02-02T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1309"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:25:47","password":"","slug":"how-to-find-any-duplicate-files-in-google-drive","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/how-to-find-any-duplicate-files-in-google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find any duplicate files in Google Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAT+ audit provides an extensive and comprehensive view of overall Google Drive files on your domain.<\/p>\n<p>An Admin can filter and search for any <b>Duplicate files in Google Drive.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4d39e9;\">Find Duplicate Content files<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>GAT+ \u2192 Drive \u2192 Apply custom filter \u2192<\/strong>\u00a0 set <strong>Type &#8211; Duplicated Files\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43437\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.18-19_54_53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1462\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Note: It might take some time to complete, <strong>set a more restrictive filter if the query times out.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> <strong>md5 field is not available for files scanned before March 2021, contact <a href=\"mailto:support@gatlabs.com\">support<\/a> to request a full re-scan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add an additional filter to search for the Duplicates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>by specific user<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>by date last updated<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Min number of duplicates &#8211; 2<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Min file size &#8211; 1 KB<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Max file size &#8211; 2 MB<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The filter: <strong>Selects (non-Google) files that have the same size and md5 checksum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #4d39e9;\">Result<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The result will show<strong> all the (Non-Google) Duplicated Files<\/strong> based on the <strong>filter applied.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43438\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.18-20_05_16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1564\" height=\"507\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>md5 checksum &amp;\u00a0 number of copies<\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>md5 checksum<\/strong> table shows the MD5 Checksum and the <strong>number of copies<\/strong> the File has.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shown files have <strong>2 files<\/strong> (copies) &#8211; as the screenshot above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>View MD5 Checksum<\/h4>\n<p>Select the &#8220;<strong>Column visibility<\/strong>&#8221; button from the right side and<strong> enable the md5 checksum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43357\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.03.16-11_53_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1233\" height=\"619\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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+ \u2192 Drive \u2192 Apply custom filter \u2192\u00a0 set Type &#8211; Duplicated Files\u00a0 Note: It might take some time to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[21],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[24],"class_list":["post-1309","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-drive-management","doc_tag-gat"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":191,"total_views":"2323","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"barb","author_nicename":"barb","author_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/author\/barb\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Drive Audit &amp; Management","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-category\/drive-management\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"GAT+","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-tag\/gat\/"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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