How to Transfer Contacts From Yahoo to Outlook

Add contacts from Yahoo! Mail to your Outlook account.

Microsoft Outlook is an email application for the computer desktop that integrates with your existing email account to download and send mail. It also features several utilities for importing additional aspects of your existing email accounts, such as your contacts. Outlook's popularity has prompted many mail providers, such as Yahoo!, to provide integration options for their contacts. By following the Yahoo! Mail export prompts, it is possible to create a downloadable file that can be imported to Microsoft Outlook to complete the transfer of your existing Yahoo! Mail contacts to your Outlook account.

Instructions

1. Open an Internet browser window and navigate to the Yahoo! Mail login page.

2. Log into your Yahoo! Mail account.

3. Click the "Options" drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the window, then select "More Options."

4. Select "Contacts" from the column on the left side of the window.

5. Click "Tools" at the top of the window, then choose "Export."

6. Click "Export Now" next to "Microsoft Outlook."

7. Enter the displayed verification code into the box next to "Type the code below," then click "Export Now."

8. Save the file to your computer.

9. Launch Microsoft Outlook.

10. Click the "File" tab at the top of the screen, then choose "Options."

11. Select "Advanced" from the column on the left side of the screen, then click "Export." This opens the "Import/Export Wizard" window.

12. Click "Import from another program or file," then click "Next."

13. Select "Comma Separated Values (Windows)," then click "Next."

14. Click "Browse," navigate to the file you downloaded from Yahoo! earlier, then click "Next."

15. Select the "Contacts" folder and click "Next," then click "Finish" to complete the transfer of contacts.

Tips & Warnings

• Your Yahoo! Mail contacts are not linked to your Outlook contacts in any way. If you add new contacts to your Yahoo! Mail account, you need to export and import them again to add the new contacts to Outlook.

References

• Microsoft: Import and Export Text Data By Using Outlook
• Yahoo: How Do I Export Contacts From My Yahoo! Mail Contacts Folder Into Other Accounts?

Resources

• Yahoo!: Mail