How to detectnotes with the same name in different folders

[sibte8]

Hello, everyone.

In Obsidian, I might have notes with the same name in different folders. Is there a way to detect or search for them?

Thanks for your help.

[ariehen]

If you are willing to install the Dataview community plugin (you can turn it off or uninstall after) and enable JavaScript queries, you could try this:

Find a way to prevent - or detect - duplicate file names in a vault

Works great. I open my note with it in every month or so to check my duplicates and remove the ones I don’t want.

[johw]

Or you can install the “Various Complements”. I will optionally autocomplete links without manually needing to type the [[ to start looking for a link. A much more logical way to create links. And when you do not want to make it a link you just keep typing. You will instantly see it when a pagename is in multiple folders as you will see multiple options to autocomplete it.
And it has also nice support for aliases using the TAB key.

[ariehen]

@johw

Or you can install the “Various Complements”.

I don’t see how that would help at all in identifying duplicate notes already in the vault, which was sibte8’s original question.

[johw]

Like I explained in me response … I would suggest you read my whole answer before responding. That might do you got in real life also.
You might disagree it is the best possible solution but I do explain how you see duplicate pagenames.

[sibte8]

Thanks for your help. This works great for me.

[harr]

I use an external tool to check for existing duplicates.

And I use Obsidian’s core plugin Quick Switcher to avoid creating duplicates. When I enter an existing file name, it will open the file. If I enter a non-existing file name, it will create the file.