# Q: How to not import duplicate entries?

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/q-how-to-not-import-duplicate-entries/900>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/q-how-to-not-import-duplicate-entries/900 "2021-05-17T11:18:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tocoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tocoloco](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/tocoloco)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/q-how-to-not-import-duplicate-entries/900/1 "2021-05-17T11:18:44Z")

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This may sound weird to some of you, but i wish to use a KeepassX database as my leading database also for editing. This KeeppassX database will periodically be imported to Vaultwarden in CSV format.

Vaultwarden does simply add he imported entries to the vault, which is not what I would like.

I would like Vaultwarden to just import the database entries that are not yet present, or if present, but different AND newer. Simply said, i would like to do a one-way sync from the KeepassX databse to Vaultwarden.

What I have not found in Vaultwarden 2.19.0:

- import / sync without duplicates
- identify and select entries with identical title in existing vault

What I could do is before importing:

- select all entries, then delete all selected entries (not ideal if, I had added some entries during usage, they would be lost)

Is there a feature that would help with such a setup? Does it make sense to request such a feature?

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/q-how-to-not-import-duplicate-entries/900/2 "2021-06-24T21:09:24Z")

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Importing is done by the web-vault which VaultWarden just uses from bitwarden.

I would create a separate org for this which you could purge without touching personal items.

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**Author:** ![cksapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cksapp](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/cksapp)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/q-how-to-not-import-duplicate-entries/900/3 "2021-07-06T20:19:08Z")

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There appears to be a feature request for this specific feature on the Bitwarden official community forums that appears to be fairly popular.  
May go and upvote the feature request to get it in the eyes of devs

> **[Duplicate removal tool/report](https://community.bitwarden.com/t/duplicate-removal-tool-report/648)**
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> I’m a new user and have imported logins from several browsers and my old password manager. My vault now contains a ton of duplicate entries. It would be great to have a way to show these duplicate entries and choose one to keep (by hand or by “most...

Another community forum post for reference, [How can I delete multiple duplicates of account data? - User-to-User Support - Bitwarden Community Forums](https://community.bitwarden.com/t/how-can-i-delete-multiple-duplicates-of-account-data/5359)