# Importing partial product information for updating

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/importing-partial-product-information-for-updating/76029>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** code, wix-stores\
**Created:** [January 14, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/importing-partial-product-information-for-updating/76029 "2026-01-14T14:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![markschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/markschroeder/32/112974_2.png) [@markschroeder](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/markschroeder)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/importing-partial-product-information-for-updating/76029/1 "2026-01-14T14:07:36Z")

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Does anyone have experience in using the Wix Stores Product import functionality to update existing products from a CSV that contains only _partial_ information? I want my CSV file to have only columns that I want to update but if I remove the other columns (except the “key” columns to identify the existing product: handleId and fieldType), the import wipes out almost all the product information. Of course, the work-around is to export the products and then update the fields of interest but I was looking to avoid the export step since the information I am updating comes from an external source that does not have all the data Wix does. Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![noahlovell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/noahlovell/32/118920_2.png) [@noahlovell](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/noahlovell)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/importing-partial-product-information-for-updating/76029/2 "2026-01-23T13:09:27Z")

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Based on this article - [Wix Stores: Updating Products by Exporting and Importing Them | Help Center | Wix.com](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-updating-products-by-exporting-and-importing-them) - the recommended method is the one you mentioned (export, update and then re-import)

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**Author:** ![VIKRANT\_SINGH1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/vikrant_singh1/32/123533_2.png) [@VIKRANT\_SINGH1](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/VIKRANT_SINGH1)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/importing-partial-product-information-for-updating/76029/3 "2026-10-22T15:45:37Z")

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