Create a contact group in Outlook
Applies To
Outlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2024 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 Office for business Microsoft Office
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If you email the same group of people often, create a contact group in Outlook so you can email the contact group instead of individual emails.
Create a contact group
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On the Navigation bar, choose People
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Select Home > New Contact Group.
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In the Contact Group box, type the name for the group.
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Select Contact Group > Add Members
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Select From Outlook Contacts.
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Select From Address Book.
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Select New E-mail Contact.
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Add people from your address book or contacts list, and choose OK. To select multiple people, hold down the Ctrl key as you choose members.
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Choose Save & Close.
Send an email to a contact group
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Select Home >New Email.
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Select To.
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In the Search box, type the name of the contact group.
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Double-click the name to add it to the To box, and then select OK.
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