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# Continue or remove an unfinished import

Every import you start waits under **Recent imports** on the Import page. Select **Continue review** to pick it up, or **Remove** to delete it. Nothing in it is added to your animals until you confirm the review.

## Find your import

- Go to **Dashboard** > **Tools** > **Import** and look under **Recent imports**. Your five newest imports show here.
- **Add animal** also shows **Continue import** cards for imports that still need you.
- Your home page may show a reminder that links back to it.

![Recent imports list with an imported file, a preview, a spreadsheet still processing, and a pedigree that needs review](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/7e3/bc8/1fe/a316d.png?width=1600)

Until Creatures finds animal names, the row shows the file name or website, or **Animal import** / **Pedigree import** when there is none. On a computer, point at the row to see every file name.

## What each status means

- **Uploading…** means files are still being added. Select **Resume upload** on the device where you started.
- **Processing…** means Creatures is reading your sources, and you can leave. **View progress** shows how far it has got. **Retrying automatically…** means a short delay, so you don't need to start again.
- **Needs review** means it's ready for you. Select **Continue review**.
- **Already added** means its animals and family trees are already on Creatures. **Review anyway** opens it.
- **Imported** means it's saved. **View** shows what was added.
- **Couldn’t import** means nothing was added. The line under the name says why, such as "Creatures couldn't finish reading this spreadsheet." Select **Try again with saved sources** to read the same files again without uploading them. Or select **View details**, or another button offered, such as **Upload the file again**.
- **Needs attention** means Creatures needs something from you before the review can go on. The line under the name says what to do.
- **Needs a new import** means Creatures can't continue this saved review. Start a new import with your files. Animals you already saved don't change.
- **Expired** means the sources are gone. Select **Start a new import**.
- **Undone** means you undid this import.

The cards on **Add animal** use shorter labels, such as **Being read**, **Ready to review**, or **Upload unfinished**. Each card also shows the date it is available until.

![Continue import cards for a spreadsheet that needs attention and Seonag of Strathmore ready to review](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/ac4/07e/eb3/65e54.png?width=1136)

## Remove an import you don't need

Select **Remove** on the row or card. Creatures asks you to confirm first:

- **Stop and remove this import?** shows while it is being read. Select **Stop and remove**, or **Keep reading** to cancel.
- **Remove this import?** shows when it is ready to review or couldn't be read. Select **Remove import**, or **Keep import** to cancel. Nothing from it has been saved.
- **Remove this unfinished upload?** shows for an upload you never finished. Select **Remove upload** or **Keep upload**.

![Remove this import? with Keep import and Remove import](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/52b/11a/7eb/f68c1.png?width=780)

Removing an **Already added** import does not change the animals already on Creatures. A saved import has no **Remove**. Use **Undo import** within 72 hours instead, as described in [Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/reviewing-editing-and-confirming-an-import-n1twpe/). WinRbro and ESS imports have a small **×** button that only takes the row off the list. Their animals and records stay.

## Limits worth knowing

- You can have three unfinished uploads at once. If you try a fourth, select **Manage unfinished uploads** and remove one.
- An unfinished upload has 7 days to finish.
- Your sources stay available for 30 days.
- If you started while signed out, the import is saved in that browser for up to 7 days. Create an account to keep it for 30 days on any device.

## If something looks wrong

- **Your connection dropped as you started.** Check **Recent imports** before you try again, so you don't upload the same files twice.
- **It says Expired.** Start a new import with your original files.

### Related information

- [Import your animals from files, photos, or a website](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/importing-your-animals-bring-them-all-in-zufngq/)
- [Add an animal by importing its pedigree](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/add-an-animal-by-importing-its-pedigree-tovb3s/)
- [Reviewing, editing, and confirming an import](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/reviewing-editing-and-confirming-an-import-n1twpe/)