Yes, the IRS allows you to roll forward excess contributions and not remove them, but apply them to future periods. You can’t apply more than you have in excess and you can’t apply more than that year’s HSA contribution limit. The downside to this plan is that you must pay the 6% excise tax on the excess contribution for each year it remains in your account as excess (i.e. not applied).
We can't see your income tax return to know the income tax ramifications of leaving the excess HSA contributions in your account and paying the 6% excise tax. Everyone's tax situation is different.
You can do test return to calculate the income tax versus the excise tax.
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