# bulk adding contacts to segment

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-adding-contacts-to-segment/9699>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-adding-contacts-to-segment/9699 "2017-10-14T10:45:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sraisz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/sraisz/32/1396_2.png) [@sraisz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/sraisz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-adding-contacts-to-segment/9699/1 "2017-10-14T10:45:47Z")

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I was wondering how to bulk add contacts to a segment and came up with this system:

1. select the contacts and export them  
2. import the contacts again (email field is all that is needed) and choose the segment to add them to in the header of the import dialog  
  
  
  
saves a lot of time

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**Author:** ![sraisz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/sraisz/32/1396_2.png) [@sraisz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/sraisz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-adding-contacts-to-segment/9699/2 "2017-10-14T10:45:47Z")

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I was wondering how to bulk add contacts to a segment and came up with this system:

1. select the contacts and export them
2. import the contacts again (email field is all that is needed) and choose the segment to add them to in the header of the import dialog

saves a lot of time