Previous Import Count - Auto Import

Hi,
I use Auto Import to import my RAW files. Each time LR imports my files the Previous Import count number increases. Is there a way to reset this count so it shows a true reflection of the photos from my previous import session?
Correct me if I'm wrong but if you manually import files the Previous Import count number resets itself automatically. I've Googled this problem & this question has been asked before - all users were utilising Auto Import.
Any suggestions or answers will be greatly appreciated.
Thank

If I understand your post correctly, you're putting a bunch of raw files in a watched folder to import them. Then later, you put a bunch more in the same folder, and they get imported. You're complaining that they all end up in the Previous Import collection--that that collection doesn't get emptied when you put the second batch of images in the watched folder.
I'd say that this is working as designed. Normally, people use the watched folder to collect images that are being downloaded from a tethered camera, one at a time. That is, a series of batches that only contain one image in each. If I were doing that, I'd want all of those images to end up in Previous Import. I wouldn't want just the last image imported to be there. There's no way for LR to distinguish between the two cases.
You're using a feature in a way that goes beyond what it was designed for, and you can't expect it to do everything you want it to do.
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