# Import contacts

> Add many contacts at once from Excel, CSV, Google Contacts or your phone's contacts.

Source: https://docs.soosh.io/guides/contacts/import-contacts/

## Before you start

- A role that can import contacts. Owners, admins and managers can.
- The list as an Excel (.xlsx), CSV or contacts (.vcf) file, up to 20 MB, with a column of phone numbers. Any column names and order work.

## Import them

1. Go to [**Contacts**](https://app.soosh.io/contacts) and click **Import**. Or drop the file anywhere on the
   page.
2. Drop the file in the box, or click it to choose one. To paste numbers
   instead, choose **Paste a list**.
3. Check **Match your columns**: the **Phone number**, **Name** and **Tags**
   columns. Soosh guesses them; change any it guessed wrong.
4. If some numbers have no country code, enter it under **Country code for
   numbers without one**, like `91`.
5. Optional: in **Tag everyone in this import**, enter a tag, like *Diwali
   fair*, to find this list later or send it a campaign.
6. Click **Import** … **contacts**, and keep the window open until it finishes.

   *Picture: Import contacts, Check step: new-customers.csv has 4 new contacts and 1 already saved, +91 added to 1 number, and the Phone number, Name and Tags columns matched*

Not sure how to lay out the file? Click **Download a sample file** first.

## Result

The window says how many contacts were **Added** and **Updated**. Contacts you
already had are never duplicated: their name is filled in and tags added, and
nothing is removed. To leave them as they are, turn off **Update contacts you
already have** before importing.

Rows that couldn't be read are listed under **Show skipped rows**, with the
problem, like **No country code** or **Shortened by Excel**. Click **Download
rows to fix** to correct them and import them again.

## Related

- Guide: [Send a campaign to an uploaded list](https://docs.soosh.io/guides/campaigns/send-a-campaign-to-an-uploaded-list/)
- Guide: [Tag contacts](https://docs.soosh.io/guides/contacts/tag-contacts/)