# Convert Duplicates to Links?

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/convert-duplicates-to-links/11973>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [November 3, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/convert-duplicates-to-links/11973 "2011-11-03T23:51:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/aussieboykie/32/23729_2.png) [@aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/u/aussieboykie)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/convert-duplicates-to-links/11973/1 "2011-11-03T23:51:33Z")

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Having identified and selected a number of duplicate files using the duplicate finder GUI, is there a simple way to delete the duplicates and replace with links, thereby recovering the wasted disk space without losing easy access to the relevant base files?

Regards, AB

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/convert-duplicates-to-links/11973/2 "2011-11-04T09:20:55Z")

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I can't think of an easy way to do that. (i.e. That doesn't involve quite complex scripting or lots of manual clicking.)

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**Author:** ![aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/aussieboykie/32/23729_2.png) [@aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/u/aussieboykie)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/convert-duplicates-to-links/11973/3 "2011-11-04T22:13:34Z")

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> [@leo](#):
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> I can't think of an easy way to do that. (i.e. That doesn't involve quite complex scripting or lots of manual clicking.)

A pity. It would be really neat to have this option as an alternative to deletion. I will submit an enhancement request and hope for the best.... 😃

Regards, AB