In Outlook Contact is a person, inside or outside of your organization, Contact list contains the name, address, email address, telephone, fax number, and Web page URL. This article will guide you to Import and export contacts from outlook.
Import and export contacts from outlook
Import contacts:
At the top of your Outlook 2013 or 2016 ribbon, choose File. 
- Choose Open & Export > Import/Export. This starts the wizard!
- Choose Import from another program or file, and then choose Next.
- Choose Comma Separated Values, and then choose Next.
- In the Import a File box, browse to your contacts file, and then double-click to select it.
- Choose one of the following to specify how you want Outlook to handle duplicate contacts:
- Replace duplicates with items imported   If a contact is already in Outlook and your contacts file, Outlook discards the info it has for that contact and uses the info from your contacts file. You should choose this option if the contact info in your contacts file is more complete or more current than the contact info in Outlook.
- Allow duplicates to be created   If a contact is in Outlook and your contacts file, Outlook creates duplicate contacts, one with the original Outlook info and one with the info imported from your contacts file. You can combine info for those people later to eliminate duplicate contacts. This is the default option.
- Do not import duplicate items    If a contact is in Outlook and your contacts file, Outlook keeps the info it has for that contact and discards the info from your contacts file. You should choose this option if the contact info in Outlook is more complete or more current than the info in your contacts file.
- Click Next.
- In the Select a destination folder box, scroll to the top if needed and select the Contacts folder > Next. If you have multiple email accounts, choose the Contacts folder that’s under the email account you want to be associated with the contacts.
- Choose Finish.
Outlook begins importing your contacts immediately. You’ll know it’s finished when the Import Progress box closes.
- To see your contacts, at the bottom of Outlook, choose the People icon.
Export contacts from Outlook
- In Outlook 2013 or 2016 on a PC, choose File.
- Choose Open & Export> Import/Export.
- Choose Export to a file.
- Choose Comma Separated Values.
- THIS STEP IS KEYespecially if you’re borrowing a friend’s computer: In the Select folder to export from box, scroll to the top if needed and select the Contacts folder that’s under your account. Choose Next.
- Choose Browse, name your file, and choose OK.
- Confirm where your new contacts file will be saved on your computer, and choose Next.
- Choose Finish to start exporting your contacts immediately. Outlook doesn’t display any message when the export process is complete but the Import and Export Progress box goes away.
- Locate the new .csv file on your computer and open it with Excel to verify your contacts are there. You’ll likely have a lot of empty cells. That’s normal
- Generally, we recommend closing the file without saving any changes; otherwise, the file might get messed up and you won’t be able to use it for importing. If that happens you can always run the export process again and create a new file.
- You can use Excel to update the information in your .csv file. For tips about working with a list of contacts in Excel, see Create or edit .csv files.
- If you borrowed a friend’s computer with Outlook on it, you can now remove your account from his version of Outlook. Here’s how:
- In Outlook on the desktop, choose File > Account Settings > Account Settings.
- Choose the account you want to delete, and then choose Remove.
- Choose Close.
- Now that your contacts are copied to a .csv file
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