- Import Contacts To Outlook
- Gmail Contacts Not Showing Up
- Gmail Contacts Missing In Outlook
- Outlook Not Showing Gmail Inbox
No contacts appear in Outlook: If you complete the import process but no contacts appear in Outlook, do the following: Locate the csv file you exported from Google. The default file name is contacts.csv. Use Excel to open the CSV file you exported from Google. Jan 02, 2007 Not only did this happent o me, but now, after restoring contacts in gmail, I now have over 5000 contacts half of which I have no idea who these people are, including a new dad!
- For the changes to take effect you will have to close Outlook and restart it. A prompt will appear stating just that.
- Press OK and restart Outlook.
The Outlook Address Book Service is now added. You’ve also now made sure that the Contacts Folder was marked as an Outlook Address Book. Conceptdraw mindmap.
Your Contacts are not in the Contacts Folder
If your contacts didn’t show up in the Contacts Folder in the first place, but you still have access to the original PST file, then the first thing to do is copy it over to the new computer, and make sure you DO NOT overwrite any pst-files in this process. To connect to the pst-file just go to File > Open > Open Outlook Data File. Now you can go back and check your contacts folder once more. If the contacts are there, great! If not, then here’s what might be happening:
Import Contacts To Outlook
- There’s a possibility that you copied over the wrong file. Check your old computer or location you copied the file from for other pst-files.
- If you used the Export option to create the backup, then you most likely forgot to choose the contacts folder during the export process.
Gmail Contacts Not Showing Up
Contacts are in Folder, but don’t show when clicking ‘To:’
Gmail Contacts Missing In Outlook
If the contacts appear in the folder, but when you go to compose an email nothing shows up when clicking ‘To:’, then you most likely need to change your default list. This is necessary when you have other accounts connected to your Outlook.
Outlook Not Showing Gmail Inbox
If you go back into your Address book options you will be able to change the default. If for some reason after all of this you still have nothing happening then you may need to rebuild the contacts folder in Outlook. If you don’t have access to the original pst-file then maybe at some point you synced your contacts with your phone? If so then you can sync them once again with Outlook. If not then you can try to add all senders and recipients as contacts to try to rebuild your contact list. It may take some patience but one of these will fix your contacts missing in Outlook problem.