📁 Google Drive duplicate file manager

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Description

Google Drive Duplicate File Manager 🧹📁

Purpose: Automate the process of finding and managing duplicate files in your Google Drive.

Who’s it for?

• Individuals and teams aiming to streamline their Google Drive.
• Anyone tired of manual duplicate file cleanup.

What it Solves:

• Saves storage space 💾.
• Reduces file confusion 😕➡️🙂.
• Automates tedious cleanup tasks 🤖.

How it works:

1. Trigger: Monitors a Google Drive folder for new files.
2. Configuration: Sets rules for keeping and handling duplicates.
3. Find Duplicates: Identifies duplicate files based on their content (MD5Checksum).
4. Action: Either moves duplicates to trash or renames them.

Setup Guide:

1. Google Drive Trigger ⏰:
   • Set up the trigger to watch a specific folder or your entire drive (use caution with the root folder! ⚠️).
   • Configure the polling interval (default: every 15 minutes).
2. Config Node ⚙️:
   • keep: Choose whether to keep the “first” or “last” uploaded file (default: “last”).
   • action: Select “trash” to delete duplicates or “flag” to rename them with “DUPLICATE-” (default: “flag”).
   • owner & folder: Taken from the trigger. Only change if needed.

Key Considerations:

• Google Drive API limits: Be mindful of API usage.
• Folder Scope: The workflow handles one folder depth by default. (WARNING: If configured to work with the Root folder / all files in all sub-directories are processed so USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION since the workflow might trash/rename important files)
• Google Apps: Google docs are ignored since they are not actual binary-files and their content can’t be compared.

Enjoy your clean Google Drive! ✨

🔗 Nodes Used

Google Drive, Google Drive Trigger, Filter

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup