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# Removing duplicate seasons

> Clean up duplicate GameChanger season imports from a team's Import Management.

# Removing duplicate seasons

Duplicate seasons usually happen when the same GameChanger season is imported more than once, or when a season file was uploaded before an updated export replaced it. Removing the extras keeps the team page and every affected player's profile showing a single, accurate season record.

<Info>
  Only organization owners, administrators, and coaches with team management permissions can remove an import from **Import Management**.
</Info>

## Before you start

## Remove a duplicate season

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the team">
    From your organization, choose **Teams** and open the team that owns the duplicate season.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Import Management">
    Scroll to the **Import Management** area on the team page. Each row lists an imported GameChanger game or season, the date it was imported, and the number of linked stat rows.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Identify the duplicate">
    Compare the season label, date range, and stat counts across rows. The row you want to keep should have the most complete data and the most recent import date. Any older season with the same label or overlapping games is the duplicate.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Reassign instead of remove (optional)">
    If the duplicate actually belongs to another team, use **Reassign to team** on that row and choose the destination team. This moves the import and its stats without deleting anything.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Remove the duplicate">
    On the duplicate row, select **Remove import**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm removal">
    Check **Confirm that you want to remove this import** and submit. ProspectHQ removes the GameChanger import and every stat row that came from it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Verify the team and player pages">
    Refresh the team page and open a couple of affected player profiles. The season should now appear once, and player game logs should no longer show duplicated games.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What gets removed

Removing a season import deletes:

* The GameChanger import record from **Import Management**
* All player-game stat rows that were created from that import
* Any team-level season totals sourced from that import

Removing an import does **not**:

* Delete players from the roster
* Remove other imports, manual stat entries, or performance sessions
* Change anything in GameChanger

<Warning>
  Removal cannot be undone. If you remove the wrong import, you will need to re-upload the original file to restore the stats.
</Warning>

## Prevent future duplicates

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Import after each game" icon="file-import">
    Export the official box score after each completed game so seasons build up incrementally instead of being re-imported as full-season files.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use the duplicate handler" icon="copy">
    When ProspectHQ flags possible duplicates during an import, choose **Import only new games** to skip already-imported games, or **Overwrite** to replace them.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>