# Find Duplicate Files in Different Music Directories

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-duplicate-files-in-different-music-directories/47952
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 23, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-duplicate-files-in-different-music-directories/47952 "2020-02-23T02:42:23Z")
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### Author: ![darias](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@darias](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/darias)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-duplicate-files-in-different-music-directories/47952/35 "2024-02-12T09:53:52Z")

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Wish I had seen your post earlier. I wasted so much time testing duplicate finders until I found the MindGems [Duplicate Audio Finder](https://www.mindgems.com/products/Duplicate-MP3-Finder/Audio-Dedupe-About.htm). I just recommended it here:

> [@\[REQ\] Duplicate MP3 Finder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/req-duplicate-mp3-finder/1489/5):
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> I was looking for a duplicate mp3 finder too and found this old thread and the recommendations do not even exist anymore. I researched further just to find that most of those duplicate finders claim to find duplicate songs and all they do is find exact duplicates. If you want something that works try this tool: [Duplicate Song Finder](https://www.mindgems.com/products/Duplicate-MP3-Finder/Audio-Dedupe-About.htm) It compares the actual audio in the files and can find similar songs even if they are not marked with ID3 tags. There is a mode to find similar ID3 tags too. Th…

from where was pointed to this thread.  
I totally love how good this thing is at finding similar songs without ID3 or any titles in file names!  
Finding similar ID3 tags is very good too - it doesn't do just partial matching as even if words in the ID3 are rearranged it still recognizes that the title is similar.  
My audio library has never been so organized 😋 😄  
I got the PRO version - it is worth every cent and has so many features.

Someone proposed the Similarity app above - I tried that tool too. It looks fancy, but it compares frequency histograms or something and produces way worse results and a lot of false detections.

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