How to Find Contacts in Gmail

Easy ways to find contacts in Gmail

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: August 11, 2022 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to view your existing Gmail contacts, as well as how to add more from another email service. Unfortunately, Gmail doesn't have a tool that allows you to find friends' email addresses on social media. You will need to use a computer to view and import contacts, but any contacts you import will automatically be applied to your Gmail mobile app.

Part 1

Part 1 of 2:

Viewing Existing Contacts

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Open Gmail. Go to https://www.gmail.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open your inbox if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address and password when prompted.
2
Click the "Apps"
icon. It's in the upper-right side of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.

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3
Click Contacts. This icon resembles a white silhouette of a person on a dark-blue background. Doing so opens a list of your Gmail contacts.
- If you don't see Contacts here, click More at the bottom of the drop-down menu to scroll down a page. You'll find Contacts there.
4
View your hard contacts. These are contacts you've specifically added to your Gmail account.
- You can go back to this part of the Contacts list by clicking Contacts in the upper-left corner of the page.
5
Review your common contacts. Click Frequently contacted in the upper-left side of the page to see a list of people you frequently talk to (even if they aren't in your Contacts list).
6
Check other contacts. Clicking Other contacts in the left-hand sidebar will bring up a list of people with whom you've conversed at least once in Gmail.

Part 2

Part 2 of 2:

Importing Contacts from Another Account

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Click More. It's on the left side of the Contacts page. Doing so prompts a drop-down list of additional options to appear.
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Click Import. This is on the left side of the page. A pop-up window will appear.
3
Select an email service. Depending on the email account from which you want to import your contacts, click one of the following options:
- Yahoo Mail — Click this option if you want to import Yahoo contacts.
- Outlook.com — Click this option if you want to import Microsoft Outlook contacts.
- AOL — Click this option if you want to import AOL contacts.
- Other email provider — Click this option if you want to import contacts from an email service that wasn't listed above (e.g., Apple Mail).
4
Click I AGREE, LET'S GO!. It's in the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window. A new pop-up window will open with your selected email service's information.
- If you're using the Other email provider option, enter your email address and password for the email account before clicking this option. You can then skip ahead to the last step in the method.
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Click the Agree button. You'll find this at the bottom of the pop-up window, though you may have to scroll down to find it.
- Depending on your web browser and your selected email service, you may click Accept or Allow here.
6
Sign into the email service if prompted. If your browser doesn't remember your sign-in credentials, enter your email address and password in the pop-up window.
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Review your imported contacts. Once your selected account's contacts finish importing, you'll be able to view them in the folder labeled with today's date and the email service's name on the left side of the page.
- The imported contacts will also be added to the Contacts tab in the top-left corner of the page.