Importing Gmail Contacts into Outlook

[JamesJoey123]

Is there a way to import gmail contacts into Outlook and ignore duplicates?

I've been trying for many moons to keep my Outlook contacts synced with my gmail contacts.

So far, the only way I've found ist delete all contacts in Outlook an then import. The only issue with that is ohe cannot mass delete Outlook contacts. Seems I can only delete 10 contacts at a time.

Any way around this?

James

 

[Xploit Machine]

Which Outlook, the Outlook Mail (New) in Windows or Microsoft Outlook? both are different ..

 

[The Shadow 2023]

Years ago, when I was trying to decide on a user friendly email program, of course, I tried Outlook. Sorry guys, but I found it seriously Lacking! Likewise many of my customers of the time.
Outlook Express wound up being my choice of an every day email program. That was followed by Windows Mail, which MS decided to 86'. I found a way (hack) to make Windows mail work in Windows 7 and 8.1. But every MS Update would Kill it. And, I'd have to re-initialize it.
Enter Windows 10 and 11. Windows Mail would not work at all, so I went shopping!

Through a friend, I found O.E. Classic. It's an Outlook Express/Windows Mail clone. It's feature rich, and Very user friendly.
The only draw back, if you want to call it that, is that Google demands an App Password, to use it.

The process to get an App Password is a real rat maze, but the effort was well worth it. There is a U-Tube video that explains, in detail, exactly how to generate an App Password for Gmail. I recorded that video, for future reference.

Outlook? Absolutely, NO WAY!

 

[Xploit Machine]

Here? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-outlook-edbacfde-f48c-49da-a6a3-bcbb8f4f4819

 

[thomasmartin]

If you want to import Gmail contacts into Outlook, then instead of any manual method, you should use an automatic tool. Which can transfer Gmail contact VCF files to Outlook PST without data loss. For which I would like to advise you to use DailySoft CSV to VCF Converter. It is capable of converting many Gmail contact files to VCF in just a few steps. You do not even need the other application to complete this task. This tool is supported in all versions of the Windows OS. To test the tool, you can also download its free demo version, which can convert some contacts to VCF.

 

[julianhawkins]

Hi James, I completely understand how annoying that sync problem can be. Exporting your Gmail contacts as a CSV file first is a clean approach to import them into Outlook without getting duplicates. Once you have that, instead of doing the tedious import-export manually, you can convert CSV to vCard format. Why? Outlook is superior at handling importing vCard (VCF) files. Tools like the DataVare Address Book Converter can be quite helpful here. They enable you make a well-structured vCard file from the CSV file you exported from Gmail. This software has the user-friendly interface as well as the advanced functionalities that can make the conversion process of the files effortless. You can definitely go for this solution because this is a hassle-free way to convert the files.

 

[alexa23]

Yes, you can import Gmail contacts into Outlook and avoid duplicates. First, go to Google Contacts, export your contacts as an “Outlook CSV” file, and then open Outlook. Use the Import/Export feature under File, choose "Import from another program or file," select the CSV file, and make sure to check the option "Do not import duplicates." This way, Outlook will skip any contacts that already exist. If you want to delete all Outlook contacts before importing, use Outlook web where you can press Ctrl + A to select all and delete them at once much faster than doing it in batches. For automatic syncing between Gmail and Outlook, consider tools like Contacts+ or GO Contact Sync Mod. Let me know which method you prefer!