How to delete duplicate emails in Outlook (for Window)Įmail is a big part of any company, business or industry as it is a useful mode for sharing and receiving information about regular activities, meetings, client expansion etc. At last when it all done, you can import this contact folder into MAC Outlook.Now repeat steps again from 2 to 4, until no duplicates are found.After checking the details it asked, click Merge.Open folder and click on Card menu > select “Look for Duplicate”.First make a copy of your contacts and save it on contact app with new folder.Save the folder onto your Desktop with any name.ĭelete duplicate contacts from contact app.In Contact app, click on file tab > Export.Now open contact app and drag all contact from new folder to contact app.Select all contacts in MAC Outlook and Drag it to new folder.If you are a MAC user then first export contact from Outlook to MAC address book then deletes duplicates contacts from MAC. When this process is completed then delete duplicate item folder.
Update information of selected contact.Every time Outlook shows “Duplicate contact detected” with two choices. Now you can check the all contacts are available or not, using drag n drop from duplicate item folder to personal contact folder. Choose your personal contact folder which is currently empty.Select “ Do not import duplicate items”.Click on browse button to find CSV file, which you exported.Now select “ Comma separate value (window)” then next.Click on file tab > Choose import/export option then choose “import from another program or file”.Save it, where you can fetch easily then click finish button.Select duplicate item folder and hit next button.Choose Comma Separate Value (windows) option.Click on file > Choose import/export option OR File> Open > export option (in Outlook 2010).
From which we can remove duplicate contacts using Outlook’s self-implementation filters. That’s why we will export the entire contact first then import it again.
If you have only a few duplicate contacts, you can delete them through the manual process. If, by mistake, you have saved duplicate mails and contacts in the Contacts folder, there is no automated process to delete them. When you import new contacts and mails through iCloud, Yahoo, Gmail or other online services then Outlook checks for duplicate data and give the choice of creating a new contact record or merge duplicate contacts. Sometime we have added the contact multiple times or imported some contact list and mail which has duplicated the stored data in Outlook. Reasons of duplicate Contacts or Emails in Outlook
Outlook is used on Windows and MAC OS therefore I will show the method for both OS. The whole article is based on “How to remove duplicate contacts and emails in Outlook”.