How to Add a Sender to Outlook Contacts on the Web

Add a Sender to the Outlook.com Address Book

Build your list of contacts fast: find out here how to add a sender to the address book in Outlook on the Web quickly and with their name pre-entered.

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When somebody greets you warmly and immediately hands you a hot cup of cocoa or coffee, rejoice: chances are, you will like them.

At least according to classic studies, warm hands come with warm feelings for those around us.

So, when you add senders to your Outlook.com address book, do it from a laptop mining Bitcoins in the background—or a black phone in the summer sun perhaps:

How to Add a Sender to the Address Book in Outlook on the Web

Time needed: 1 minute

To add a sender to the Outlook.com address book fast:

  1. Open a message from the sender you want to add to the address book in Outlook.com.

  2. Move the mouse cursor over the sender’s name or email address in the message’s header area.

  3. Click the three-dots More options menu icon (•••) at the bottom of the sender sheet that has appeared.

  4. Select Add to contacts from the menu that has appeared.

    Editing instead of adding: If Outlook.com already contains an entry with the sender’s email address, you will see Edit contact in the menu instead; you can use that to open the contact and edit its details.
    Click "Add to Contacts"

  5. Add contact details for the new Outlook.com address book entry as desired.

  6. Click Create.

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How to Add a Sender to the Outlook on the Web (Mobile) Address Book

To add a sender’s name and email address to your Outlook.com address book using the mobile web interface to Outlook:

  1. Open a message from the sender.
  2. Tap the sender’s avatar or initials in the header area
  3. Now tap the new contact button.
    Tap the “New Contact” Button to add a Sender to the address book in mobile Outlook on the web
  4. Add any details as needed under Add contact.
    No changing address: You cannot change the email address added, but you can edit any name that has been filled in by Outlook.com under Name.
  5. Tap the checkmark ✔️.

(How to add a sender to the address book in Outlook on the Web tested in a desktop browser; updated February 2024)

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