Transfer contacts between Outlook and Google Gmail

Import your contacts from Google Gmail to Outlook

1. Log on to your Google Gmail account.
2. In the left column, click Contacts.
3. At the top of the contacts section, click More actions, and then click Export.
4. Under Which contacts do you want to export, click a contact group or All Contacts).
5. Under Which export format, click Outlook CSV (for importing into Outlook or another application).
6. Click Export.
7. When prompted to download the export file, click Save.

8. Choose a location on your computer to temporarily save the file. The default file name is google.csv.

 NOTE    You can delete this file after your contacts are imported into Outlook.

9. Click Close.
10. Go to Outlook.
11. Click the File tab.
12. Click Open.
13. Click Import.
14. Click Import from another program or file, and then click Next.
15. Click Comma Separated Values (DOS), and then click Next.
16. In the Import a File box, browse to find the file you downloaded in step 8, and then double-click the file.
17. Click one of the following:
    • Replace duplicates with items imported
    • Allow duplicates to be created
    • Do not import duplicate items
18. Click Next.
19. In the folder list, click the contacts folder where you want the imported contact information to go, and then click Next.
20. To add or remove fields to determine the way the contact information is saved in the new imported file, clickMap Custom Fields.

 NOTE    The Map Custom Fields button in the Import a File dialog box might not be available when you try to import data from another program or file. In the The following actions will be performed box, select theImport check box, and then the Map Custom Fields button is available.

Souce:Microsoft.com