Answers.Body: <p>Yes - go to <strong>Contacts menu » Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts</strong>.  There is <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/common-workflows/deduping-and-merging/" rel="noreferrer">dedupe documentation</a> available.</p>
  
  <p>The tricky question is, "What represents a duplicate contact?".  For some organizations, two contacts with the same record might be a duplicate; for others, that's not enough to determine if it's a duplicate.  </p>
  
  <p>So while the <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/common-workflows/deduping-and-merging/#using-rules-and-merging-duplicate-contacts-manually" rel="noreferrer">Using rules and merging duplicate contacts manually</a> section of the documentation might be all you need (e.g. if you can use the built-in "match on emails only" rule), you may need to read the rest to tell CiviCRM what constitutes a duplicate for your organization.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thank you,  this step is already done,  I am looking to do a mass search of the database and have it pull duplication's. Do you know if that is  that possible?
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Answers.Text: When you click "Use Rule" as specified in the link I sent, you should get a list of duplicates.  If that's not what you need, could you please clarify how it doesn't meet your needs?
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Answers.Body: <p>There is also the <a href="https://github.com/systopia/de.systopia.xcm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Extended Contact Matcher</a> extension which could be used to match duplicates. This extension is more enhanced than the default dedupe functionality.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Can this show a list of duplicates for a given contact?  It's a cool extension but the docs suggest it won't meet this particular need.
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Answers.Text: You are right, it doesn't probably fit. I do think it can show a list, but how that exactly works I dont know.
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Body: <p>If I am looking to clean up my database can I do a mass search for duplicates?  save the file and at a later date work on merging?</p>
  
Tags: <duplicate-contacts>
Title: Am i able to do a search for duplicates in the database?
ThreadText: # Am i able to do a search for duplicates in the database?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-31)
  
  If I am looking to clean up my database can I do a mass search for duplicates? save the file and at a later date work on merging?
  
  **Tags:** duplicate-contacts
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-31. Score: 7
  
  Yes - go to **Contacts menu » Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts**. There is [dedupe documentation](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/common-workflows/deduping-and-merging/) available.
  
  The tricky question is, "What represents a duplicate contact?". For some organizations, two contacts with the same record might be a duplicate; for others, that's not enough to determine if it's a duplicate.
  
  So while the [Using rules and merging duplicate contacts manually](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/common-workflows/deduping-and-merging/#using-rules-and-merging-duplicate-contacts-manually) section of the documentation might be all you need (e.g. if you can use the built-in "match on emails only" rule), you may need to read the rest to tell CiviCRM what constitutes a duplicate for your organization.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you,  this step is already done,  I am looking to do a mass search of the database and have it pull duplication's. Do you know if that is  that possible?  
  > **username_1**: When you click "Use Rule" as specified in the link I sent, you should get a list of duplicates.  If that's not what you need, could you please clarify how it doesn't meet your needs?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-01. Score: 1
  
  There is also the [Extended Contact Matcher](https://github.com/systopia/de.systopia.xcm) extension which could be used to match duplicates. This extension is more enhanced than the default dedupe functionality.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can this show a list of duplicates for a given contact?  It's a cool extension but the docs suggest it won't meet this particular need.  
  > **username_2**: You are right, it doesn't probably fit. I do think it can show a list, but how that exactly works I dont know.  
  
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