Export Contacts

In addition to importing contacts into Outlook, you can export your Outlook contacts. The exported contacts file can then be imported by another contacts-management program.

When you export contacts, you typically do so as a CSV (short for comma-separated values) file, a generic file format used for exporting and importing information to and from databases, spreadsheets, and contacts-management programs.

Export Contacts

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If Contacts is not currently open, click the Contacts button in the navigation pane. Outlook switches to Contacts.
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Click File.
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Click Import and Export. The Import and Export Wizard starts.
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Click Export to a File.
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Click Next. The wizard’s Export to a File page opens.
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Click Comma Separated Values (Windows).
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Click Next.

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Click the folder containing the contacts you want to export. In this example, Contacts is selected.
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Click Next.
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In the next Export to a File page, click Browse to indicate where the export file should be saved. The Browse dialog box appears.
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