Duplicates
Compare duplicate recordings, audition copies, and review a cleanup before archiving extra files.
Open Library health > Duplicates in the sidebar to compare copies in your library. Use the Show filter or search field to narrow the sets on screen.
Types of match
- Exact copies are identical files, even if a copy has been renamed or moved.
- Same recording matches artist, title, version, and similar length, including recordings held in different formats such as MP3 and WAV.
- Related versions groups different edits or lengths, such as radio edits, extended mixes, remasters, and live versions. This section is separate and collapsed initially. These are not included in bulk duplicate cleanup.
Compare before cleaning up
Review the files, lengths, play counts, and playlist usage. Audition a copy from its row to compare what you hear. A missing-file indicator distinguishes a disconnected drive from a file that cannot be found; reconnect or locate it before relying on playback.
Ora DJ recommends a keeper for each removable set. Choose another copy if it is the one you want to retain, then select the sets to clean up.
Review the cleanup
Open the cleanup review and choose what happens to the extra files:
- Keep files where they are archives the extra tracks in Ora DJ while leaving their audio files in place.
- Move files to a backup folder gathers those files into the folder you choose.
The keeper absorbs play counts and tags and replaces the extra copies in playlists. Cleanup applies to selected sets that are currently visible under the search and type filters. Exact-copy cleanup verifies that files are still identical; copies that cannot be verified are left untouched.
Make a library backup before a large cleanup.
Restore copies
Archived tracks are available under Library health > Archive. The completion notification also offers Restore copies.
Restoring brings the archived tracks back into the library. It does not undo the merge into the keeper or restore the old playlist memberships.