In this post, we will see how we can export contacts from Outlook. Sometimes we may need to get some contact information from Outlook to send some data to those contacts from different mails, for example from Gmail. I had the same situation. Here, I will show you how you can do this. I hope you will like this.

Steps to export contacts from outlook

Step 1: Go to Outlook and click file menu.

file menu
File_Menu_In_Outlook

Step 2: Click on the options.

Options in Outlook
Options in Outlook

Step 3: Go to advanced options.

Advanced_Options
Advanced_Options

Step 4: Click Export.

Export_Option
Export_Option

Step 5: Click Export to a File.

Export_to_a_File
Export_to_a_File

Step 6: Select the folder you want to export.

Select_the_folder
Select_the_folder

Step 7: If you want, you can map the fields.

Map_custom_fields
Map_custom_fields

Step 8: Name your file or browser.

Click_finish
Click_finish.

Click finish. You can see, a file is exported to your documents folder. Open it and see your Outlook contacts.

Conclusion

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