Answers.Body: <p>When contacts are merged, activities are created - you can use Search > Find Activities to search for "Contact Merged" and "Contact Deleted by Merge" activities - the "Added by" column will display the user who performed the merge.</p>
  
  <p>Hope this helps,
  Tamar</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yes, that is helpful and I'm marking it as an accepted answer as I'm sure it's good enough for most. I was looking for a deeper type of audit that couldn't be manipulated by a user. An Activity could be edited and the Added By field value changed. Though I would hope we can trust all admins, I was looking for a more read-only type of audit log.
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Answers.Text: Another option would be to turn on advanced logging under Administer > System Settings > Misc (Undelete, PDFs, Limits, Logging, Captcha, etc.), however, this takes up a tremendous amount of resources and you may not be able to fully prevent edits to those changes after the fact (read more here: https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/initial-set-up/change-logging/#detailed-logging) - Good luck!
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Body: <p>Is there any way to audit which admin merged duplicate contacts? I'd like to know who performed the merge, if possible.  Thanks.</p>
  
Tags: <duplicate-contacts>
Title: Auditing Who Merged Contacts?
ThreadText: # Auditing Who Merged Contacts?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-20)
  
  Is there any way to audit which admin merged duplicate contacts? I'd like to know who performed the merge, if possible. Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** duplicate-contacts
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-20. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  When contacts are merged, activities are created - you can use Search > Find Activities to search for "Contact Merged" and "Contact Deleted by Merge" activities - the "Added by" column will display the user who performed the merge.
  
  Hope this helps,
  Tamar
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Yes, that is helpful and I'm marking it as an accepted answer as I'm sure it's good enough for most. I was looking for a deeper type of audit that couldn't be manipulated by a user. An Activity could be edited and the Added By field value changed. Though I would hope we can trust all admins, I was looking for a more read-only type of audit log.  
  > **username_1**: Another option would be to turn on advanced logging under Administer > System Settings > Misc (Undelete, PDFs, Limits, Logging, Captcha, etc.), however, this takes up a tremendous amount of resources and you may not be able to fully prevent edits to those changes after the fact (read more here: https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/initial-set-up/change-logging/#detailed-logging) - Good luck!  
  
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