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Organise your inbox

8. Contacts

Google Contacts is a surprisingly powerful tool that lets you sync your contacts on many different apps and devices.

These contacts are merged between email contacts you add, and phone contacts you’ve added from your Android phone, or any other service where you log in with your Google account, with Contacts integration.

You can easily organize your contacts using labels like Friends, Family, Work Colleagues, and more.

Keeping your contacts updated will help you with composing your emails, since you’ll only have to start typing the person’s name, and their contact email will automatically fill into the To field.

Access contacts:

To access your contacts and contact groups, choose an option:

  • In a Chrome Browser window, click the Apps Launcher > Contacts.
  • In any browser window, go to contacts.google.com.

View a contact:

Click a contact name to view their details, such as email address, phone number, or a directory profile.

Note: If you send an email to someone who isn’t in Contacts, they’re automatically added to Other contacts. On the left, click More > Other contacts to see them.

Add a new contact:

  1. Open Contacts and click Add .
  2. Enter the contact's name and add any contact information.
  3. (Optional) If you want to add additional information such as a nickname or their mailing address, click More and fill in your details.
  4. Click Save.
Search for contacts

Search for a contact:

  1. In the Contacts search box, enter a name, email address, or any other contact details. You’ll see matching results as you enter text.
  2. Click the contact you’re looking for or press Enter to see a full page of search results.

Merge details for duplicate contacts:

  1. On the left, click Duplicates .
  2. Choose an option:
    • To merge one contact at a time, at the bottom right of each duplicate, click Merge .
    • To merge all duplicates at once, at the top right, click Merge all.
  3. (Optional) To manually merge contacts in your list:
    1. On the left, click Contacts.
    2. Check the box next to the contacts you want to merge.
    3. At the top right, click Merge .

You can view and instantly edit details for a contact by pointing to the contact.

Update contact details:

  • To star a contact, click Star .
  • To edit contact details, click Edit .
  • To hide or delete a contact, click More > Hide from contacts or Delete .
Delete a contact: On the left, click Contacts. Point to the contact and click More more_vert > Delete .

Restore contacts:

  1. On the left under Labels, click More > Undo changes.
  2. Choose a time to go back to and click Confirm.