Leads are not importing

The import finishes with skipped rows or fails outright.

Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read

Problem

Rows are skipped, the file is rejected, or the leads land somewhere you did not expect.

Possible causes

  • No email column mapped, or the email column contains invalid values
  • Duplicates of leads that already exist in the workspace
  • Suppressed addresses, which are never re-imported
  • More than 10,000 rows in one file
  • The file is not valid CSV, or uses an unusual encoding or delimiter
  • A different list was selected in the import wizard than the folder you opened

How to check

  1. Re-run the wizard and read the Review step; it reports what will be skipped and why.
  2. Open the CSV in a plain text editor and check the header row and delimiter.
  3. Confirm the destination list shown in the wizard is the one you intended.

How to fix

  • Map the email column explicitly, and clean invalid addresses first.
  • Split files larger than 10,000 rows.
  • Re-save the file as UTF-8 CSV.
  • Choose the correct destination list before uploading.

When to contact support

A clean, correctly mapped file under the row limit fails with no reason given.

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