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How to export your Outlook contacts
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quick start Guide
How to save contacts as a vCard

Do you want to backup your Outlook contacts? No problem! We'll show you how to export the contacts with just a few clicks..

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There can be many reasons for exporting Outlook contacts to an external file - the Microsoft license is expiring, a new e-mail program should be used or the contacts should be backed up, to name just a few reasons. We will show you step by step how to export your Outlook address book to either a CSV or PST file. Saving as a vCard is also possible.

How to export your Outlook contacts

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

Attention: Multi-part contact fields can lead to problems when exporting to other programs such as Excel. Multi-part contact fields include, for example, if you have created additional notes for a contact..

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Start Outlook and click on the " File " tab at the top left .

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In the window that will open on the left, select " Open and Export " and then click on " Import / Export "

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The import / export assistant opens. Select the option " Export to file " and click on " Next> "

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Now you will be asked in which file format you would like to export your contacts. If you select the " By-separated values Select", then your contacts in one are CSV ( C omma- S eparated V alues) stored. This file format is useful if you want to work with your address data outside of Outlook. If, on the other hand, you want to import your addresses into a different Outlook version, then the " Outlook data file (.pst) " is recommended .

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Now you have to choose that your contacts should be exported. Confirm with " Next> ".

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In the following window you must now determine a storage location for the CSV or PST file.

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With a click on " Finish " the export of your contacts starts.

In this tip we explain how to import contacts into Outook.

quick start Guide

  1. Click File > Open And Export > Import / Export .
  2. Select a file format and click " Next> ".
  3. Then select a storage location and confirm again with " Next> ".
  4. The export starts with a click on " Finish ".

How to save contacts as a vCard

As such, the vCard storage function is only intended for forwarding contacts via email. However, you can also use it to send emails with vCard attachments to yourself..

  1. Click on " People " in the bar at the top .
  2. Then click on " Business Card " under " Current View ".
  3. Now select all contacts whose vCard you want to forward.
  4. In the “ Share ” section, click “ Forward Contacts ”, then click “ As Business Card ”.
  5. You can now send it as an email. You can either enter your own Outlook e-mail address or the e-mail address to which you want to export the contacts directly.

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