--- title: "Source: Import users from a TXT file" description: Adding a text file as a source is useful to help manage attendees of an event, e.g. a workshop, meeting, webinar survey. 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[Insights & Connect Knowledge Base](https://help.audiense.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Audiense Connect](https://help.audiense.com/knowledge/audiense-connect?hsLang=en) 3. [Audiences](https://help.audiense.com/knowledge/audiense-connect?hsLang=en#audiences) # Source: Import users from a TXT file You can create an audience in Connect by uploading a TXT file containing a list of Twitter @handles or User IDs. It should be one or the other, and never mixed. Depending on the tool where you are exporting this user data from, such as a Social Listening tool, we'd preferably recommend the use of User IDs (from Twitter) when possible.   Anexport will most likely come as a CSV or Excel file. So first things first, let’s get your file ready - convert this to a TXT format: - The file needs to contain only 1 column with the list of User IDs, or author handles, one item per line. There are many ways to do this: 1. *Delete the rest of the data from the document, remove all other columns and rows, as well as column title* 2. *Simply copy and paste the user IDs or author handles into a new sheet (no column titles)* *![Screenshot 2022-03-21 at 18.03.58](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.03.58.png?width=352&name=Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.03.58.png)* 3. *Save the file as UTF Unicode Text (.txt)* ***![Screenshot 2022-03-22 at 16.10.08](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-03-22%20at%2016.10.08.png?width=216&name=Screenshot%202022-03-22%20at%2016.10.08.png)*** 4. *OR Copy/paste the author handles or Twitter IDs (no column titles or spaces) straight into a tool such as TextEdit.* *![Screenshot 2022-03-21 at 18.10.19](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.10.19.png?width=431&height=398&name=Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.10.19.png)* 5. *The file needs to contain **at least 100** individual IDs or handles and a **maximum of 1M**.* 6. *This means no duplicates. (\*You can easily remove duplicates on Excel by selecting the cells, then clicking on **Data> Remove duplicates**)* #### Now you are ready to upload! **1. Save** the TXT file to your computer and then import back into Audiense Connect to create a new audience. **2.**  Select **Add contact sources** from the top Audiences menu, or click on **the + sign** under **Text file imported users** on the main dashboard as you scroll passed Audiences. This screen will appear: ![Screenshot 2023-07-25 at 16.01.03](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2016.01.03.png?width=688&height=559&name=Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2016.01.03.png) **3**. Click **upload a file** and use the file explorer to search for and select the text file from your computer. **4.** When the file has finished synchronizing, the new source panel will appear in the **Text file imported users** section of your **homepage**.   **![Screenshot 2022-03-21 at 18.19.52](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.19.52.png?width=688&name=Screenshot%202022-03-21%20at%2018.19.52.png)**   **Synchronization may take a while, but** you can navigate away from the source and continue using Audiense while you wait, and optionally you can receive an email notification once it is finished. #### **Explore your new source (Audience)** - Click on the top half of the panel (name) to access the **source's dashboard,** and click on all members to browse the community view. ![Screenshot 2023-07-25 at 15.05.45](https://help.audiense.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2015.05.45.png?width=688&height=267&name=Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2015.05.45.png) - 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