# Duplicated Files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-files/66381
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-files/66381 "2024-10-30T05:49:23Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-files/66381/2 "2024-10-30T07:15:17Z")

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See e.g. here:

> [@Is there a way to auto-delete or move duplicate files upon erros renaming?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-auto-delete-or-move-duplicate-files-upon-erros-renaming/63573):
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> I have a single file with my .mp3 files in. I always use the command to rename as %artist% - %title% to minimise duplicates (music library used for DJing, so don't care about having pristine album collections with all tracks, including duplicates and so on). Sometimes I run the Tag - Filename action from the menu bar using my chosen filename convention. However, I will sometimes get errors saying a file cannot be renamed, which is where the file already exists and it cannot rename due to it bei…

(There is no other solution than to manually check whether the files are really duplicates or not and if not, modify the tags correspondingly)

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