Transfer Outlook Contacts into your Gmail Contacts

If you are anything like me, you like having a backup of your contacts available at all times, especially if you are at work and all they use is Outlook. But what happens if you leave? You want to be able to bring your personal contacts with you? Well, below is a way on bringing them over into your Gmail Account.

You can export your Outlook Contacts as a Comma Separated Values (.csv) file and then import your contacts into your Gmail account.

Export Outlook Contacts

1. In Outlook, on the File menu, click Import and Export.
2. Click Export to a file, and then click Next.
3. Click Comma Separated Values (Windows), and then click Next.
4. In the folder list, click the Contacts folder, and then click Next.
5. Browse to the folder where you want to save the contacts as a .csv file.
6. Type a name for the exported file, and then click OK.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Finish.

Import Contacts into Google Gmail

1. Log on to Gmail, and then click Contacts at the top of the page.
   The Contacts list opens in a new window.

2. Click Import Contacts.
3. Click Browse, and then navigate to the .csv file that you created in the "Export Outlook Contacts" section of this article.
4. Select the file, and then click Import Contacts.

After your contacts are imported, a dialog box appears and displays the total number of contacts imported.

Something to keep in mind

• Outlook Contacts without an e-mail address are not imported.
• Outlook distribution lists are not imported. Gmail does not support distribution lists.
• If an Outlook Contact that matches an existing Gmail contact is imported, your Outlook Contact information replaces the Gmail contact.
• Please keep in mind one very important thing about this. You should always check with the policies where you work on exporting your personal contacts. Most companies are strict about things like that. I take NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER if you get into trouble for doing this. 9 out of 10 times there shouldn't be any issues if its JUST for your contacts.