Microsoft Outlook - Updating Global Address Book

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Details how to update the global address book for Microsoft Outlook.

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Overview

The global address book on Outlook will sometimes need to be updated.  This will need to be done sometimes when people get their name changed.  The instructions below will outline how to do this.

 

How to:

  1. Open Outlook, go to the “Send/Receive” tab at the top.
  2. In the “Send & Receive” group, choose the dropdown option “Send/Receive Groups”.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)
  3. Hit “Download Address Book”
  4. On the box that pops up, uncheck the checkbox that says, “Download changes since last Send/Receive” and hit ok.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)
    • Another box will pop up, it will start processing changes.  After that, you should see the new up to date address book.

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Article ID: 27084
Created
Mon 11/17/25 11:21 AM
Modified
Tue 1/20/26 11:36 AM