# How to avoid duplicate photos if we can't remember what we uploaded

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**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-avoid-duplicate-photos-if-we-cant-remember-what-we-uploaded/45387 "2023-09-21T15:01:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomaseverest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thomaseverest/32/63220_2.png) [@thomaseverest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/thomaseverest)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-avoid-duplicate-photos-if-we-cant-remember-what-we-uploaded/45387/10 "2023-09-21T16:51:37Z")

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You may be interested in this feature request.  
[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-prevention-notify-observers-if-their-image-checksums-match-others-on-the-site/258](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-prevention-notify-observers-if-their-image-checksums-match-others-on-the-site/258)

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