Duplicate folders cannot be found or compared
Czkawka finds duplicate files but cannot find duplicate or near-duplicate folder trees, such as backed-up photo folders.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 14 April 2022 · last reported 26 November 2025
What's going wrong
Users of the Czkawka duplicate finder report that it compares individual files but cannot spot whole folders that hold the same content.
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