I have the exact same problem. If I create an elementor template, import it, all images will be duplicated. For example – let’s say I have an image horses.jpg in my template and I have this image in my media folder on my wordpress.
If I import this template, Elementor will go into my media folder and create another image called horses-1.jpg and then change my Elementor template to use this image.
The result – a lot of duplicate images.
How can I solve this problem?
I’ve created a ticket in Elementor support system about this issue.