Remove Duplicate Contacts in Continux

If you accidentally have multiple entries for the same contact in the system, you can clean these up using the following steps:

1. Search for contact

• Open the contact overview.

• Enter the contact's name in the search bar.

• All entries with the same or similar name will be displayed.

2. Check linked IP rights

• Click on each of the contacts found one by one.

• Check which files are linked to each individual contact.

3. Mark contacts for deletion

• Select the two contacts with the fewest links to IP rights.

• Rename the first one to e.g. Amadeus DELETE_1 Meyer

• Rename the second one accordingly to Amadeus DELETE_2 Meyer

4. Transfer IP rights to the contact to be retained

• Open all records in which "DELETE_1" or "DELETE_2" are used.

• Add the contact entry that is to be retained there as well.

• Then remove "DELETE_1" and "DELETE_2" from the records.

5. Final check and deletion

• Check both contacts to be deleted once more: No active files linked any more?

• If yes: permanently delete both contacts from the system.
  
  

Tip: If a contact has no linked files from the outset, it can be deleted directly without any prior steps.