# List Not Updating

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Created:** [March 7, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408 "2019-03-07T22:58:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristyMcDCV](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/christymcdcv/32/76463_2.png) [@ChristyMcDCV](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ChristyMcDCV)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408/1 "2019-03-07T22:58:11Z")

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My company sends out a weekly blog and I create a list of those contacts that click for sales follow-up. I’ve noticed that people who click **AFTER** I’ve created the list are not captured on the list. Is this because it’s a “static” list? I don’t see an option to create an “active” list or to convert my existing list from static to active. Help!

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**Author:** ![MFrankJohnson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mfrankjohnson/32/22490_2.png) [@MFrankJohnson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFrankJohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408/2 "2019-03-08T01:39:10Z")

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**Q** : My company sends out a weekly blog and I create a list of those contacts that click for sales follow-up. I’ve noticed that people who click AFTER I’ve created the list are not captured on the list. Is this because it’s a “static” list? I don’t see an option to create an “active” list or to convert my existing list from static to active. Help!

**Short A** : All lists are ‘active’ (by default). Just create a new list.

**Longer A** :

What you’re seeing is intended behavior for static lists. Static lists are ‘static’ -- meaning their membership doesn’t change unless you take some action to change it -- i.e., manually or via a workflow.  
“_A static list is a snapshot of a group of contacts who meet a certain set of requirements at a certain time._”  
- see [Create active or static lists](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/lists/create-active-or-static-lists)

If you want/need your list to AUTO-update, you’ll want to use a smart list (aka: dynamic list).

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**Author:** ![valenceprops](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/valenceprops/32/1529_2.png) [@valenceprops](https://community.hubspot.com/u/valenceprops)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408/3 "2019-03-21T18:56:15Z")

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I am using the free version of CRM and initially set up some Personas - well, HubSpot automatically created Lists for each other those. Now I can’t add more list and can’t delete.. please advise.

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**Author:** ![MFrankJohnson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mfrankjohnson/32/22490_2.png) [@MFrankJohnson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFrankJohnson)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/list-not-updating/13408/4 "2019-03-21T19:18:29Z")

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Yours is a completely different issue @valenceprops. Please post in a separate thread.

Thanks