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# Choosing which imported details to keep (Import conflicts)

An import never overwrites a detail on an animal you already have on Creatures. Instead, it lists differences in **Import conflicts**, such as a new birth date, color, or registration number, and you choose which value to keep. If the papers show a different breed, or a different value for an extra detail such as eye color, your animal keeps its own value and nothing is listed.

## Open Import conflicts

You can get there two ways:

- **Right after an import.** The result says how many imported details need your review. Select the **Review** button with that number, such as **Review 3 details**.
- **Any time.** Go to **Dashboard**, then **Animals & Groups**, then **Import conflicts**. The tab shows how many details are waiting.

![Animals & Groups tabs with Import conflicts selected and 3 conflicts to review](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/6fd/7a5/b3f/dcbb0.png?width=1760)

When you open it from one import, you see only that import's details. **Back to this import** returns to the import, and **All import conflicts** shows everything.

## Compare the two values

Each animal is marked **Needs review** and lists its differences in two groups:

- **Registry records**: a registration number from your file that differs from the animal's current number.
- **Profile details**: other details, such as **Date of birth** or **Color**.

Each item shows the **Current** value beside the **Imported** value. The button with the file name opens your document. Select **Profile** to open the animal.

![Import conflicts card for Ailsa of Avery Ridge comparing the current and imported registration numbers](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/be7/a7f/27c/11cd0.png?width=1760)

For example, Ailsa of Avery Ridge's profile says AHCA 2021-0419, but her certificate was read as AHCA 2021-0491. Open the certificate before you choose. If it shows 0491, the imported number is right.

## Choose what to keep

- **Accept imported** uses the value from your file. For a profile detail, it changes only that one value, and only if the animal hasn't changed since the import. For a registry record, the imported number becomes the active one, and the old number stays in the animal's history.
- **Keep existing** leaves the animal as it is. For a registry record, it turns down the imported number.
- **Dismiss** hides a profile detail from the list without changing anything. Registry records don't have this choice.

![Color conflict with Accept imported, Keep existing, and Dismiss on a phone](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/ae6/fab/d81/94da4.png?width=720)

On a phone, the three buttons stack above the values, so scroll down to compare before you tap.

## What happens next

A note at the top confirms your choice:

- **Imported value accepted**: the animal now uses the value from your file.
- **Existing value kept**: the animal didn't change.
- **Conflict dismissed**: the item is gone from your list.
- **Conflict changed**: the animal's value changed after the import, so nothing was applied. If you still want the imported value, edit the animal yourself.

When every difference is settled, the page says **All imports are clear**, or **This import is clear** if you opened it from one import.

### Related information

- [Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/reviewing-editing-and-confirming-an-import-n1twpe/)
- [Identification and registration papers](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/care-growth-and-identity-records-ixpf3/)
- [Import your animals from files, photos, or a website](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/importing-your-animals-bring-them-all-in-zufngq/)