# how do i import bulk leads into a list **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [May 6, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809 "2015-05-06T01:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobilechipmunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@mobilechipmunk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mobilechipmunk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/1 "2015-05-06T01:43:30Z")
When importing leads there’s no way to choose which list to add them to. The only way I see adding leads to a list is manually one by one. That’s tedious if i’m importing several hundred or thousand leads. ---
**Author:** ![mobilechipmunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@mobilechipmunk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mobilechipmunk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/2 "2015-05-06T01:43:30Z")
When importing leads there’s no way to choose which list to add them to. The only way I see adding leads to a list is manually one by one. That’s tedious if i’m importing several hundred or thousand leads. ---
**Author:** ![chad.windnagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chad.windnagle](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chad.windnagle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/3 "2015-05-07T01:48:21Z")
Hi Mobilechipmunk This is a planned feature we’ll be adding soon. But, for now the easiest thign to do is add a field to Mautic and column to your CSV which will identify the leads being imported. Something “imported” as a field in Mautic, and then in your CSV add “yes” to all the leads in the ‘imported’ column. Then run the import, use the mapper to match the column from the CSV to the field. After that, go to your lists, create a smart list and filter by “import = yes”. All the leads will get added to the list in a quick easy go. ---
**Author:** ![fatmarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fatmarker](https://forum.mautic.org/u/fatmarker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/4 "2015-05-28T09:37:38Z")
I tried this, but it did not work. In fact, it seems I can’t get any leads to show up in a smart list with any filters whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![chad.windnagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chad.windnagle](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chad.windnagle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/5 "2015-05-29T08:43:43Z")
Can you make sure you have set up the cron jobs for lists? It is a new feature since this post was started. Read more here: [https://www.mautic.org/docs/setup/index.html](https://www.mautic.org/docs/setup/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![fatmarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fatmarker](https://forum.mautic.org/u/fatmarker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/6 "2015-06-01T07:09:55Z")
I set up a cronjob in Plesk and now it works. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/7 "2015-06-01T12:31:12Z")
FYI, the lead list option while importing leads is waiting in this PR: [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/489](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/489) and it will be added to the next version. ---
**Author:** ![joshfialkoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@joshfialkoff](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joshfialkoff)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/8 "2017-09-21T13:41:28Z")
How do we access this feature? I don’t see it on /s/contacts/import/new for instance. ---
**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-import-bulk-leads-into-a-list/1809/9 "2020-02-02T22:59:45Z")