Remove Duplicate Messages for Mac
Removes duplicate messages from the current view in Mail.
Free
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Remove Duplicate Messages overview
Remove Duplicate Messages removes duplicate messages from the current selection in Apple Mail. The script determines whether a message is a duplicate of another message by examining these message headers:
- MessageID
- Subject
- From
- Date
If these message headers match another message in the view, the script flags the message as a duplicate and removes it from Mail.
The script displays interactive dialog boxes that allow you to specify whether you want duplicate messages to be removed or retained, optionally prompting you for each duplicate message it encounters while scanning. You can also instruct the script to save all duplicate messages to an archive folder on disk before they are removed.
This script is provided with source code so that you may edit the script as you see fit. Read the included instructions for more information.
What’s new in version 1.3.9
Version 1.3.9:
- Fixes a bug where empty message subject would cause the script to exit with an error while generating the archive file name when the archive messages feature was enabled. The script now substitutes the word "Untitled" in the archive file name under these circumstances. Thanks to Pär Wännman for reporting this bug.
Remove Duplicate Messages for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.3.9
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Apr 13 2020
Version: 1.3.9
Remove Duplicate Messages 1.3.9 worked well, but only when I had true duplicates. Unfortunately the multiple copies of drafts that Gmail creates while composing a message are distinct copies and not true duplicates. I no longer save drafts on the Gmail server, but instead locally on my Mac, which has fixed the problem going forward. And I removed the duplicates by creating a Smart Folder in Mail which selected all messages that 1) were from me but 2) not in the Sent Folder and then deleting them. That worked well!
Thanks!
Nov 15 2017
Version: 1.3.6
Seems promising but unfortunately the download link is dead...
Can someone share the latest version (1.3.6) with me ?
I would appreciate a lot !
TIA
Can someone share the latest version (1.3.6) with me ?
I would appreciate a lot !
TIA
Mar 10 2017
Version: 1.3.5
Works exact, but is rather slow as it has to communicate with Mail a lot. It looks up 1000 mails per minute and removes about 50 per minute.
Jun 18 2016
Version: 1.3.5
Hello Jolly,
I've been using your mail script for years now with great success. I've just gone to do another cleanup of duplicates (El Capitain, iCloud account) and while it finds and removes duplicates, they just download again as soon as the script finishes running (so they end up again in the inbox and I can see the ones the script removed in the trash).
Is this expected? I'm using 1.3.5.
Thanks, Tony.
I've been using your mail script for years now with great success. I've just gone to do another cleanup of duplicates (El Capitain, iCloud account) and while it finds and removes duplicates, they just download again as soon as the script finishes running (so they end up again in the inbox and I can see the ones the script removed in the trash).
Is this expected? I'm using 1.3.5.
Thanks, Tony.
Aug 28 2015
Version: 1.3.0
With 1.3.0 and OS X 10.10.5, I get a few errors at the hash initialization step:
- "Where is ASObjC Runner.app?" pop-up from Script Editor
- "2015-08-27 18:25:51.865 defaults[5049:60610]
The domain/default pair of (/Users/[username]/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail, _AlwaysShowDuplicates) does not exist" error pop-up
I'm not sure how to proceed from there though. The terminal window never moves on from the first pop-up even if you cancel it.
Hopefully mine is a unique case. I'm not sure what's different about my set up though.
