CSV Errors: causes & fixes

If a CSV upload or import failed, start here. These guides explain the most common issues and how to diagnose them quickly.

Common causes: quoting, delimiter, column mismatches, encoding.

Find rows with missing/extra delimiters and inconsistent schemas.

Unclosed quotes, escaped quotes, and line breaks inside fields.

UTF-8 vs Latin-1, smart quotes, hidden characters, BOM problems.

Handle errors, variant row issues, required headers, and formatting problems in Shopify CSV uploads.

Fix CSV files that break after opening or exporting from Excel due to encoding, delimiter, quoting, or line-break issues.

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