Can I bulk delete duplicate pictures in Elements 11?

I imported about 2600 pictures from iPhoto to Elements 11 on my iMac OS 10.8.2. Now there are hundreds of duplicates; deleting one at a time is a real pain. Can I identify and bulk delete duplicates in Elements 11?

Yes you can select thumbnails in the Organizer and hit delete. Then choose also delete from hard disk.
If you want to use iPhoto it’s best to set up the Elements Editor application for external editing in iPhoto preferences. That will avoid duplication on your hd. See link for notes:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/photoshop-elements-iphoto-mac-os.html

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Can i automatically delete duplicates in one move

i had made lots of folders and backups all over my hard drives and i just imported the full thing into itunes onto a 500 gb hard drive. Now i have 75 Gb of duplicates, ( in view show duplicates )
can i remove duplicates in one click or do i have to check them one by one and delete them individually

YIPEE - I seem to have got it
but one question - i actually copied and pasted to the playlist at the bottom number 370, so i still dont know how to scroll up
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(1) assume my entire library consists of 5000 songs, 1000 files are not there and 1000 are duplicates - that means i have 3000 songs.
(2) Now suppose i were to go to library highlight everything and drag to a playlist - i would get the answer - skip duplicates. And i observe that the non file songs are not included anyway.
(3 ) Now i have a playlist containing 3000 songs - i go to get info and flag all there 3000 siongs with 'aaaaa' in comments.
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