# Deduplicating using excel

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/deduplicating-using-excel/102435>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** crm\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/deduplicating-using-excel/102435 "2024-03-13T11:45:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NKolev](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nkolev/32/31937_2.png) [@NKolev](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NKolev)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/deduplicating-using-excel/102435/1 "2024-03-13T11:45:46Z")

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Hello,

Now that HubSpot offers the option to export the duplicates in Excel file. What can you do with it? I mean how can I merge those in Excel and then put those back in HubSpot and merge them?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/deduplicating-using-excel/102435/2 "2024-03-13T11:46:57Z")

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Hi @NKolev,

No, that’s unfortunately not possible. Contacts cannot be merged through import. At this point, the Excel export is really just a better way for you to explore, analyze, filter your duplicates - things the duplicates tool does not support at this stage.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![Akash\_Vi\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Akash\_Vi\_R](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Akash_Vi_R)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/deduplicating-using-excel/102435/3 "2025-03-12T09:33:36Z")

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Hey @NKolev - there are ways to do this. You can use Excel or Google Sheets for this.  
Use 3rd-party apps like [Superjoin](https://www.superjoin.ai/integrations/hubspot?utm_source=hubspot_community&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=deduplication). With this, you can import data into Excel. Filter out the duplicate records and delete them from Excel. With Superjoin’s 2-way sync, you can push back the contact list and it’ll be updated with deduplication.