How to import contacts from MS Excel to Outlook?

Attention, readers! Are you in search of a solution for transferring contact details from a Microsoft Excel file to your Outlook contacts folder? Look no further – you've come to the right place. We're here to guide you through a free and native method to seamlessly import your contacts from Microsoft Excel into Outlook.

For users dealing with extensive contact lists in Excel, importing these contacts into the Outlook application's Contacts folder offers a more efficient solution compared to manually creating each contact entry. This is precisely why many users actively seek methods to import contacts from Excel into Outlook.

In all versions of Outlook, there exists a handy Import/Export feature that facilitates the seamless transfer of files to and from the Outlook application. This feature supports two file formats, namely .pst and .csv, for both importing and exporting data.

How to import Excel contacts to Outlook?

Microsoft Outlook exclusively supports the CSV file format for both importing and exporting data. Therefore, if you have your contact list stored in an Excel file with a .xls or .xlsx format, you must first convert or save it as a .csv file. Once this conversion is complete, you can effortlessly import it into your Microsoft Outlook Contacts folder. Let's delve into the process:

1. First, prepare an Excel sheet with the required details of the contacts to be imported.
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4. View the progress of the files being repaired in the Repair Progress window that appears.
5. Now, you can view the Excel file in CSV format at the specified folder location.

With the file format of your Excel document successfully converted to CSV and prepared for import into the Outlook application, the subsequent step involves importing the CSV file into Outlook.

1. Open your Microsoft Outlook application. Click File ≫ Open & Export ≫ Import/Export.
2. On the Import and Export Wizard, choose the option Import from another program or file and click Next.
3. On the next page, select Comma Separated Values and click Next.
4. Next, click on the Browse option and provide the CSV file path. Select the option from duplicates filters and click Next.
5. Choose the destination folder Contacts of your Outlook application and then click Next.
6. On the next page, you will see that import action is selected. You can map the custom fields between the source Excel file and Outlook contacts. For that, click Map Custom Fields.
7. On the Map Custom Fields page, you can map the source file values to values in Outlook contacts. Perform mapping as you desire and then click OK.
8. Click Finish to continue.
9. The contacts will get imported very soon. You can view it now in the Outlook application Contacts folder.
   

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Conclusion

Outlook's Import and Export feature is a valuable tool that simplifies the process of transferring a substantial number of contacts with their detailed information from Excel files in CSV format to Outlook.

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