# Prevent duplicate lead objects

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/prevent-duplicate-lead-objects/108481>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** workflows, professional, contacts\
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/prevent-duplicate-lead-objects/108481 "2024-06-03T09:20:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MFScholten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@MFScholten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFScholten)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/prevent-duplicate-lead-objects/108481/1 "2024-06-03T09:20:31Z")

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Hi,  
We use Hubspot scoring to measure lead quality, where engagement leads to higher scoring and disqualifications/bounces etc. lead to point subtraction. Any lead scored 100 becomes an MQL and receives a new lead object for our sales to follow up.  
The issue we have is that Hubspot automatically creates a lead object for every lead that scores \>100, even if that contact already has a lead object. This causes duplicate leads to be added to the leads workspace, making it difficult for sales to keep track. Is there a way to prevent this?  
Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![marconetrio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@marconetrio](https://community.hubspot.com/u/marconetrio)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/prevent-duplicate-lead-objects/108481/2 "2024-06-03T16:10:56Z")

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I came to the forums to post a very similar issue and found this post made today. I am also experiencing an issue of our new contacts having a duplicate Lead object created. However, my best guess so far is that, for us, this happens when they book a meeting.

Our prospects come in through an interest form, and upon submitting it, they are invited to book a meeting on our calendar. So I’ve observed that contacts who submit a form at 12:01pm and then book a meeting at 12:02pm will similarly have a Lead object (created 12:01pm) and then an unnecessary second identical Lead object (at 12:02pm).

However, the issue is that nowhere in Hubspot does there seem to be **a setting determining when a Lead object gets created** (to my knowledge). There seems to be implicit rules governing this, but I have not spoken to anyone who knows what the rules are.

It seems like the Lead object is a new feature whose functionality is not fully understood even within Hubspot yet, and that has bugs yet to be wrinkled out. I hope there is a solution to this specific challenge out there as it’s currently impractical to use otherwsie.