# Duplicate names

tracklog tells you when two tracks share a name. Keep the ones you meant to have, and it stops counting them.

## How tracklog finds them

A duplicate is one name that more than one track uses. tracklog checks titles, names on platforms and old titles. A platform or a registry still knows a track by the name it was sold under. So a new track with that name is a duplicate too.

A track with a duplicate name has a red **dup** mark in the list. Its card says which other track has the name.

## See every duplicate

When there is a new duplicate, a red **new duplicates** button appears at the top of Full Catalog. Click it. The list shows each name and the tracks that share it. Click a track to open it.

If you meant to have them, click **Keep both**. tracklog stops counting them. The tracks stay as they are. To keep several names at once, tick them and click **Keep selected**.



> **A new track with a kept name makes it new again.** The name goes back among the new ones. The new track comes first and is marked **new**.


To fix a duplicate instead, rename one of the tracks in its card.

## Look at kept duplicates

Kept duplicates are not counted, but they are still there. Click **+ Filter** and choose **Duplicate names**. The list shows every duplicate, new and kept.

Click the filter to open the same list. **Show again** puts a name back among the new ones.



You can also click a grey **dup** mark in the list. On a Mac, **View → Duplicates…** opens the list too.

## In the track card

The card of a kept duplicate says so in grey. It names the other track and has **Show again**.



A title you type is checked as you type, in the card and in the Add track window. See [Add a track](../add-a-track/).