Add a contact in Outlook
Applies To
Outlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2024 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016
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Keep track of everyone you communicate with by creating and editing contacts in Outlook for Windows. Once you’ve saved someone as a contact, you can type the first few letters of their name into an email, and Outlook for Windows will fill in their email address for you.
Add a contact from an email in Classic Outlook for Windows
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Right-click a name on the To, Cc, Bcc, or From line.
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Select Add to Outlook Contacts.
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Add any additional details you want.
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Select Save & Close.
Add a contact from scratch in Classic Outlook for Windows
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Select People
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Add any additional details you want.
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Select Save & Close.
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