How to Add a Contact to Your Hotmail: Create, Edit & More

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Need to add more people to your Hotmail? Adding people to your contact list on Hotmail—now known as Outlook.com—is an easy way to keep their information on hand. You can also add certain contacts to favorites or add a bunch of people to a contact list for easy emailing. Here's how to add someone to your Hotmail contact list.

How to Add Contacts to Hotmail

To add a new contact to your Hotmail account, log in to the Outlook website. Click the People tab on the left. Then, click New contact in the top toolbar. Enter the contact's name, email address, and other information. Click Save .

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Manually Add New Contacts

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  1. Sign in to outlook.live.com in a web browser. Click the Sign in button, and then enter your Hotmail email address and password to log in. [1]
    • You should see your inbox.
    • Now that Hotmail has become the web-based version of Microsoft Outlook, you will use Outlook to add people to your contacts.
    • You can still sign in to Outlook.com using your original @hotmail.com email address.
  2. You can find this in the left toolbar, between the Calendar icon and the To Do icon.
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  3. This is the blue button in the top toolbar.
    • A new window will open.
  4. Provide the contact's first name, last name, and email address. You can also add their phone number and/or a chat username.
  5. This will save the contact to your Hotmail account.
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  1. Sign in to outlook.live.com in a web browser. Click the Sign in button, and then enter your Hotmail email address and password to log in.
    • You should see your inbox. If you aren't already on the Mail tab, find the icon in the left toolbar and click it.
  2. You can find a specific email by typing a subject into the search bar at the top.
  3. This is the circle icon. It may have their initials or a profile picture.
  4. You can find this underneath the contact's name. A drop-down menu will open.
  5. This will add the sender to your Hotmail contacts.
    • If this is a contact you email frequently, you can also click Add to favorites in the same drop-down menu. This can help you separate certain contacts from others.
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Find and Edit Contacts

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  1. Sign in to outlook.live.com in a web browser. Click the Sign in button, and then enter your Hotmail email address and password to log in.
    • You should see your inbox.
  2. You can find this in the left toolbar, between the Calendar icon and the To Do icon.
    • You'll see a list of all your added contacts.
    • Alternatively, you can enter a contact name into the search field at the top. You can also quickly find favorite contacts under the Favorites header on the Mail tab.
  3. This will select the contact.
  4. You can find this in the top toolbar, between New contact and Delete , or on the right side of the page.
    • If you have the contact's email address, you can find more options such as Files, Emails, and LinkedIn if available.
  5. You can update the existing information, delete it, or add more. When you're finished, click Save to save your changes.
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Create a Contact List

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  1. Sign in to outlook.live.com in a web browser. Click the Sign in button, and then enter your Hotmail email address and password to log in.
    • You should see your inbox.
    • Making a contact list is helpful if you need to send emails to a group of people very often. This is also known as distribution lists. For example, this can be used to send monthly emails to a book club, deals for clients, etc.
  2. You can find this in the left toolbar, between the Calendar icon and the To Do icon.
  3. This is the blue button in the top toolbar. A drop-down menu will open.
  4. A new window will open.
  5. This will help you differentiate lists if you have multiple.
  6. Use the "add email addresses" field to enter an email address, and then click Add . Repeat for as many email addresses you need to add.
  7. This will create the contact list.
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    Will the other contact know if I add them?
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    No, they will not be notified that they've been added to your contact list.
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    Set up a "white" list. All of your primary contacts, such as family and friends, will be in this list. All the rest can be sent to trash automatically, if necessary, or marked as read without actually having read them.
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    Open your web browser and log in to Hotmail. Click on the 'Contacts' tab. Click the pull-down menu beside the 'New' button (circled). Click on 'Group'. In the modified window, enter the Group name.
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