# Merge Duplicate contacts

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** free\
**Created:** [November 28, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516 "2020-11-28T01:33:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![HJSG](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hjsg/32/53869_2.png) [@HJSG](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HJSG)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516/1 "2020-11-28T01:33:03Z")

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Hi,

I use the free Hubspot CRM tool. Is there a way to find duplicate contacts and merge them?

I do see an option to manage duplicates however, that option seems to be locked for me.

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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:** [November 28, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516/2 "2020-11-28T08:29:38Z")

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Hi @HJSG,

You’re probably referring to the [duplicate management tool](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/deduplication-of-contacts-companies-deals-tickets#manually-deduplicate-contacts-and-companies-professional-and-enterprise-only). It identifies duplicates by comparing two records by checking various properties. This features is exclusive to Professional and Enterprise subscriptions.

In the free CRM, you can manually identify and merge contacts: [Merge records](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/contacts/how-do-i-merge-contacts)

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![HJSG](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hjsg/32/53869_2.png) [@HJSG](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HJSG)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516/3 "2020-11-29T00:48:16Z")

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Hi, thanks for your response. Manually merging contacts in a 10k+ directory is higly impossible. Is there a plugin I can use instead?

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**Author:** ![SteveWeinstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@SteveWeinstein](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SteveWeinstein)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516/4 "2024-03-06T18:12:49Z")

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What are the ‘various properties’? I recently merged contacts and it merged separate contacts which caused many errors. Trying to figure out which ones were affected.

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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:** [November 29, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/merge-duplicate-contacts/28516/5 "2020-11-29T08:05:29Z")

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Hi @HJSG,

There are two integrations with deduplication features on the HubSpot App Marketplace:

> **[HubSpot Marketplace](https://ecosystem.hubspot.com/marketplace/apps/marketing/data-management/insycle)**

> **[HubSpot Marketplace](https://ecosystem.hubspot.com/marketplace/apps/marketing/data-management/dedupely)**

Hope this helps!