Answers.Body: <p>On the first step you have to check "update" where it says For duplicate contacts.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: ah ha - when i checked on dmaster yes it was defaulted to 'skip' and i ignored that
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Body: <p>I have a v strong memory, and screenshot evidence that we used to be able to 'match' by including the Contact ID in the import.</p>
  
  <p>This was discussed in <a href="https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm/pl/sjht4rjsxifwtk6iofe3a19ftw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm/pl/sjht4rjsxifwtk6iofe3a19ftw</a> and here is the screenshot I have which I used to explain to a client how to do this back in Nov 2018 (haven't dug out the version but would have been as least the Security Release that was current at the time.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8xj9j.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8xj9j.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>No such field shows on dmaster, and nor does eg 'internal id' or any other variation I could think of.</p>
  
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Title: Has Contact ID been removed from the Contact Import "Matching"?
ThreadText: # Has Contact ID been removed from the Contact Import "Matching"?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-18)
  
  I have a v strong memory, and screenshot evidence that we used to be able to 'match' by including the Contact ID in the import.
  
  This was discussed in <https://chat.civicrm.org/civicrm/pl/sjht4rjsxifwtk6iofe3a19ftw> and here is the screenshot I have which I used to explain to a client how to do this back in Nov 2018 (haven't dug out the version but would have been as least the Security Release that was current at the time.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/8xj9j.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8xj9j.png)
  
  No such field shows on dmaster, and nor does eg 'internal id' or any other variation I could think of.
  
  **Tags:** import
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  On the first step you have to check "update" where it says For duplicate contacts.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: ah ha - when i checked on dmaster yes it was defaulted to 'skip' and i ignored that  
  
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