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title: Is there any way to remove contacts that are duplicated in the system?
description: "💡 [What's an automation flow?](https://support.flowtrack.co/What-is-an-automation-Flow-8feeb15aee0f4939a902c2a0cf85c7dc?pvs=21) # Steps to remove duplicate contacts ### Start building a contact flow 💡 [**How to create a contact flow?**](https://support.flowtrack.co/How-to-create-a-contact-flow-c76f686e2ed2416ba8b8f33c51e5d072?pvs=21) ### Add the ‘Lookup Contact’ step Please, add the ‘Lookup Contact’ step under the ‘CRM’ section…"
url: "https://crmhelpdocs.com/docs/is-there-any-way-to-remove-contacts-that-are-duplicated-in-the-system/"
updated: "2023-10-09"
category: Contacts (Database)
---

# Is there any way to remove contacts that are duplicated in the system?

💡 [What's an automation flow?](https://support.flowtrack.co/What-is-an-automation-Flow-8feeb15aee0f4939a902c2a0cf85c7dc?pvs=21)

# Steps to remove duplicate contacts

### Start building a contact flow

💡 [**How to create a contact flow?**](https://support.flowtrack.co/How-to-create-a-contact-flow-c76f686e2ed2416ba8b8f33c51e5d072?pvs=21)

### Add the ‘Lookup Contact’ step

Please, add the ‘Lookup Contact’ step under the ‘CRM’ section to your flow.

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-24-1024x518.png)

### Configure the step

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-25-507x1024.png)

You can use various contact fields for the lookup condition

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-26-507x1024.png)

You can set multiple fields as conditions by clicking the ‘Add Field’ icon

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-27-508x1024.png)

💡 Please, don’t use ‘**Contact ID**’ as the lookup option. This field is always unique for each contact.

You can set the relation between conditions

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-28-508x1024.png)

### Set action field’s value

For the dropdown ‘**Action to take when Contact Matched’,** please select the value ‘Delete existing older contact and keep the newest contact’

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-29-806x1024.png)

Save the settings. Please connect all the steps, and publish the flow

![](https://crmhelpdocs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-30-1024x513.png)

### Add all contacts to the flow

💡 [How to add all contacts to a flow?](https://support.flowtrack.co/How-to-select-all-contacts-and-add-them-to-a-flow-186cdc6245344d7e9da2e3914e404af1?pvs=21)