Export contacts in Outlook
Applies To
Outlook for Microsoft 365 Outlook 2024 Outlook 2021 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016Try it!
In Outlook, you can export your contacts to a Comma Separated Values (.csv) file to move them to another email program.
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Select File.
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Select Open & Export > Import/Export.
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Select Export to a file > Next.
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Select Comma Separated Values > Next.
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Under the email account you want to export contacts from, select Contacts.
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Select Browse... and go to where you want to save your .csv file.
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Type in a file name and then select OK.
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Select Finish.
We suggest you open the .csv file in Excel to examine and edit the data before importing to another program.
: If you're exporting to another Outlook program that isn't a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Exchange account, you'll want to save this as a .pst file to import.