# How are primary emails marked?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-are-primary-emails-marked/9153>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-are-primary-emails-marked/9153 "2018-06-14T11:55:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bansalvip](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bansalvip/32/77566_2.png) [@bansalvip](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bansalvip)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-are-primary-emails-marked/9153/1 "2018-06-14T11:55:01Z")

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Per new [feature](https://www.hubspot.com/product-updates/marketing/multiple-email-addresses-for-contacts), a single contact record can have multiple emails.

I am curious to know how does HS decide which one to set primary.

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Vallender](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/phil_vallender/32/48924_2.png) [@Phil\_Vallender](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Phil_Vallender)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-are-primary-emails-marked/9153/2 "2018-06-14T13:15:17Z")

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Hi @bansalvip

It sounds like the first one input will be made primary by default. You can then promote a secondary email address to primary on the contact record.

It is not possible to import multiple email addresses simultainiously currently, or to input more than one via a form.

Hope this helps.