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Fix 'Duplicate Without User-Selected Canonical' in GSC

Google found duplicates and you didn't pick a winner. How to set canonicals, when self-referencing is enough, and the deduplication audit.

By Mike Technical SEO Consultant
2026-05-21 · 5 min

Full article publishes in the next 1-2 weeks. Below is the outline this article will cover.

Overview

Google found duplicates and you didn't pick a winner. How to set canonicals, when self-referencing is enough, and the deduplication audit.

Topics covered

  • duplicate canonical gsc
  • fix duplicate canonical
  • user selected canonical
  • duplicate content gsc
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