# Merge Duplicate People **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** question, rootsmagic\ **Created:** [March 5, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571 "2023-03-05T14:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rickparkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@rickparkin](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rickparkin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/1 "2023-03-05T14:13:14Z")
Reading RM 9 book. Can not find MURGE function in 9.0 software. Whare is this function? ---
**Author:** ![hkcraswell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hkcraswell](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/hkcraswell)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/2 "2023-03-05T14:38:04Z")
It is available on the _People_ page in the following views: _Pedigree_, _Family_, _Ancestry_ and _People List_. Select the person you wish to merge and right click. The option to **Manual merge** will be in the pull down menu. Be careful with the _Family view_. The option exists there but I am not sure what is actually being merged here. (note to self: look that one up!) ---
**Author:** ![kfunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kfunk/32/68_2.png) [@kfunk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kfunk)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/3 "2023-03-05T14:42:30Z")
Click the palette icon in the upper right corner, type in ‘merge’ and Bob’s your uncle! ---
**Author:** ![rickparkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@rickparkin](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rickparkin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/4 "2023-03-05T17:29:55Z")
Where can I find the Auto Merge feature in 9.0? ---
**Author:** ![nkess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@nkess](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/nkess)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/5 "2023-03-05T17:37:55Z")
Upper Right corner under the TOOL ICON-- note I did NOT see it under TOOLS on the left side… ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/d/dc4714576bed33880c07d2b930ff9fea3a81dc49.png) BUT I would be very careful of an AUTO MERGE-- I would use manual or merge duplicates before AUTO merge-- Be sure to backup your database 1st before doing anything… ---
**Author:** ![rickparkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@rickparkin](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rickparkin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/6 "2023-03-05T19:52:39Z")
Where do I find the Duplicate Search function? ---
**Author:** ![nkess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@nkess](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/nkess)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/merge-duplicate-people/6571/7 "2023-03-05T22:26:29Z")
If you mean Merge duplicate-- look at the picture I posted–on the right side ( under search everywhere there are 4 icons-- a plus symbol trash can wrench and screwdriver and 3 dots click on the wrench and screw driver and a drop down menu appears-- MERGE DUPLICATES is abt the 8th one listed-- and click on that and you will see this screen ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/2X/1/129ac7d696a2615dc84a61fdc27b687917a8562c.png) enter as much or as little info ( I didn’t add a start with surname) and hit OK and it will produce a list to start comparing BUT just compare everything as you might have 2 cousins with very identical info-- MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR FILE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING-- and if you are doing a lot of merges, you MIGHT want to do periodic backups just in case…