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Which photos can I delete to eliminate duplicates?

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crshlagor

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Lightroom Classic v10.3
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I'm relatively new to Lightroom Classic and I have what is probably a dumb question. I am trying to free up space on my hard drive so I ran a "eliminate duplicates" program from inPixio. It's showing the Smart Preview and what I assume is the original uploaded photo as duplicates but I'm afraid to delete one of them, thinking that I need them both. Do I need both? Here is a screen shot example of the 2 files. One screenshot shows duplicates of a preview and the location on the hard drive (uploaded original?) and the other is a Smart Preview with duplicate on the hard drive (original?). Not sure why one is a "Smart Preview" and the other is a "Preview" but that's a separate question I guess!
duplicates.jpg
duplicates1.jpg
 
Yep.
 
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