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Find and merge duplicate members

The duplicate finder groups members who share the same name so you can merge two accounts into one — moving all activity to the account you keep, without anyone losing paid access.

How duplicates happen

The same person can end up with two accounts — for example one from a migration and one from a later signup with a different email. Since every email is unique, the tool groups members by identical name and flags each group with a signal strength: a strong signal means the accounts share the same payment customer, a weak signal means only the name matches.

Two rows can also be two different people who happen to share a name — always check created dates, last sign-ins, and payment details before merging.

What merging does

You pick exactly two accounts and choose a winner (kept) and a loser (deleted). The loser's data — watch history, favorites, comments, notes, course enrollments, packages, messages, and notifications — all moves to the winner, and then the losing account is permanently deleted. Referral links move over too. No email is sent to the member.

Access is never downgraded: if the losing account has the better access (an active subscription, say), those subscription details are copied to the winner so nobody loses paid access.

Step by step

  1. Open Members in the admin menu, then click Duplicate members.
  2. Review a group and confirm the rows really are the same person.
  3. Select exactly two members.
  4. Choose which account to keep — it's marked as the winner.
  5. Click Review merge and read the summary of what will move.
  6. Type the losing account's email to confirm, then click Merge permanently.

Good to know

  • Merging cannot be undone — the email confirmation step exists to slow you down on purpose.
  • If you don't see Duplicate members in your menu, contact support and ask for the merge tool to be enabled on your platform.
  • Run the duplicate check right after a migration — that's when most duplicates appear.

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