# Bulk update of contacts via CSV possible?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-update-of-contacts-via-csv-possible/15522>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-update-of-contacts-via-csv-possible/15522 "2020-08-05T11:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![goldenlight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/goldenlight/32/733_2.png) [@goldenlight](https://forum.mautic.org/u/goldenlight)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-update-of-contacts-via-csv-possible/15522/1 "2020-08-05T11:39:23Z")

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Hi there,

I need to update many contacts with individual values stored outside of my Mautic installation (v2.16.2  
). Is there a chance I could use the “import contacts” function to do this? Any other suggestions?

Thanks,  
Sebastian

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**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-update-of-contacts-via-csv-possible/15522/2 "2020-08-05T11:45:46Z")

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you can do it by putting the file in /app/cache/imports and then running the import job  
sudo php /var/www/mautic/app/console mautic:import

or to run autoamtic imports [https://github.com/mtcextendee/mautic-custom-import-bundle/blob/master/README.md](https://github.com/mtcextendee/mautic-custom-import-bundle/blob/master/README.md)

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**Author:** ![goldenlight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/goldenlight/32/733_2.png) [@goldenlight](https://forum.mautic.org/u/goldenlight)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/bulk-update-of-contacts-via-csv-possible/15522/3 "2020-08-05T12:05:29Z")

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Thank you for your swift reply! Sounds perfect!