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title: Address Potential Duplicate Contacts from the Contact Page
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description: The NPSP Potential Duplicates component directs users to the NPSP Contact Merge page where they can review, select, and merge potential duplicate contacts.
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# Address Potential Duplicate Contacts from the Contact Page

The NPSP Potential Duplicates component directs users to the NPSP Contact Merge page where they can review, select, and merge potential duplicate contacts.

The standard Potential Duplicates component leaves anonymous households behind when used in an org with NPSP. The NPSP Potential Duplicates component fixes this problem by providing an easy way to avoid an unnecessary maintenance burden. It takes the user directly to the Contact Merge page where the potential duplicates are shown and can be resolved. To add this component to the Contact page layout, see [Set Up NPSP Potential Duplicates Pane on Contacts Page](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.configure_duplicate_detection_and_npsp_contact_merge.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Set up duplicate detection and contact merge to keep your contacts organized and up-to-date.").

1. From the NPSP Potential Duplicates pane or the potential duplicate toast message on the Contact page, click **View Duplicates**.
    
    The Merge Duplicate Contact Records page opens with the potential duplicates listed in the table.
2. Follow the steps in [Merge Duplicate Contacts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.npsp_merge_contacts.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use Contact Merge to find and merge duplicate constituent records.").