Creating Contact Lists

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Contact lists are a collection of email addresses and useful for sending emails to a group of people. The below steps are how to create, edit and or delete contact lists for New Outlook and Classic. 

Create a contact list in New Outlook:

  1. Open new Outlook, on the side panel, select People.

 

          2. Select the contact you would like to add to a new contact list.

          3.Select Add to list by either right clicking the contact or selecting it from the Ribbon, then select New Contact list.

          4.Edit by right clicking the contact list or select it. Below you will have the option to rename, add additional contacts, or add a Description to the list.

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Delete a contact list in New Outlook:

  1. Open classic Outlook, on the side panel select People. 
  2. Select All contact lists, then select Delete by either right-clicking the contact list or selecting it from the ribbon. 
  3. Select Delete again to confirm. Contacts are not deleted, only the contact list. 

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Create a new contact group in Classic Outlook:

  1. Open Outlook, select People and New Contact Group
  2. Enter a Name for your new group, then select Add Members to add contacts to your new group.
  3. Save & Close 

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Delete a contact group in Classic Outlook: 

  1. Open classic Outlook, on the side panel, select People. 
  2. Go to the contact group that you want to delete in your list of Contacts. 
  3. You can right-click the contact group and select Delete from the menu. Only contact lists are deleted not contacts.

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