> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ascern.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to find and merge duplicates > Merge records for the same person or company into one, keeping every history, and undo a merge. Merge the duplicates of a person or company into the record you keep. Everything linked to them moves across. You need to be an Owner, Admin or Manager. ## Merge people On **Contacts** or **Candidates**, tick two or more rows for the same person, then select **Merge**. Two candidates ticked, with 2 selected, Archive and Merge above the table Pick the **Record to keep** (for candidates, the oldest) and the name or role where they differ, then select **Merge**. Hire says **Merged into name** with **Undo**. Merge 2 candidates: Record to keep, Name and Current role choices, and what the kept record will hold From a record, select **⋯** › **Merge with…** and search for the duplicate. ## Merge companies Select **⋯** › **Merge a duplicate into this company**, choose the duplicate, then **Merge**. Or tick both on **Companies** and select **Merge**. Hire says **Merged into name** with **Undo**. Merge a duplicate into Hưng Phát Consumer, with the Duplicate company picker and Merge ## What moves and what stays | | People | Companies | | - | - | - | | **Moves** | Emails, phones, LinkedIn, skills, applications, placements, notes, tasks, files, meetings, mail | Contacts, targets, Jobs, notes, activity | | **Kept values** | The record you keep, plus your choices | The kept company's, with empty fields filled | | **Undo** | Yes. A field changed since keeps the later change | Yes. The company gets back its contacts, targets, Jobs and website | **Do not contact** stays if either record had it. The same job applied to twice keeps the kept candidate's application and archives the other. The kept person's primary email and phone stay primary; the other person's are added after them. ## If something looks wrong * **Merge is greyed out.** The record or its company is archived. Restore it first. * **Undo says to undo the later merge first.** The kept person or company was merged again since. Undo that one first. * **Archiving a company asks "Merge into it instead?"** It looks like a duplicate. **Merge** is the default, **Archive anyway** archives it. * **An old link opens another record.** It belonged to a merged person and opens the record you kept. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.