How do I transfer Hotmail contacts to another account?
Transferring Hotmail contact information turns out to be slightly difficult,
and certainly not obvious. While Hotmail allows you to import contacts, there
doesn’t appear to be any way to export them.
That’s where we need to get clever.
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If you can, the easiest approach is to make use of Outlook Express. If you
have a premium (read: paid) Hotmail account, then you can use Outlook Express to
access Hotmail accounts. Unfortunately you can no longer use Outlook Express
for free Hotmail accounts. What a lot of people don’t know is that you can use
it to download your Hotmail contacts into your Outlook Express address book.
This about.com article, Import Contacts and Email Addresses
from Hotmail, gives instructions on doing exactly that.
Once you’ve got the contacts in Outlook Express, you can then export to a
“.csv” file. (Instructions also covered in, or pointed to, by the
aforementioned about.com article.) The “gotcha” here is that contacts which
have been organized into groups or sub folders within contacts may not export
properly. You’ll need to place them at the “top level” within the contacts
folder.
And finally, you log into your new or different Hotmail account, and import
the CSV file into its contacts.
doesn’t appear to be any way to export them.”
Another approach is to use MSN Instant Messenger as your contact management
tool. Messenger contacts appear in the Hotmail address book for the same
account (though not all Hotmail contacts will appear in Messenger – only those
whom you’ve added to your Messenger contacts). Messenger includes both import
and export functions for the contact list. Just log in to Messenger using one
account, hit the Contacts menu, Save Contact
List and save to a file. Then login to Messenger with a different
account, hit Contacts, Import Contacts from a Saved
File, load up the file, and you’re done.
Both approaches have drawbacks, but with a little patience the task can be
accomplished. And, as with most things, there are probably other approaches as
well.
i want my all contacts in msn messenger in my microsoft office outlook 2003, how can i do this please help me in this mateer thanx waiting for ur reply…..
I’d follow the procedure described in the article above, and then import the OE contacts into Outlook 2003.
sneaky!
Hotmail does not allow for users to access Hotmail via Outlook Express anymore (the free accounts).
I am trying to find an easier way to export MSN address book to OE, while we still have access to it (it was paid but we canceled it recently). I attempted to set up MSN in OE then tried to syncronize the address book but it kept asking me for my password…very annoying.
Not planning on installing MSN Messenger on here either.
Any other ideas out there?? Thank you!
Consider this a wakeup call to the Nintendo generation we demand free access.
The stupid Sychronization doesnt work with free accounts.
Here is a workaround that does names and emails only:
Open you hotmail account to the contacts page where they are all listed.
Copy them to a notepad.
Put a comman in front of each Email (example:
bob, johnson ,bobjohnson@bobislame.com )
Save the notepad file as addy.txt
Open addy.txt with excel 2002
The text import wizard will open automatically.
Choose delimited >Next>Select the comman box and hit finish
now clean up any emails that got the ends cut off.
Add a row at the top add the Entry First Name in the First Name column, Last Name over Last Name, Email Address over the Email Address column.
Save the file and import it into outlook express as an “other address box” (Comman Separated Values)
Hey I was just wondering if I CAN change my email address and HOW do I do it?
No. The only way is to create a new account with the new name, and stop using the old one. http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_change_my_email_address.html
I dont have any comments,but what i want to know is,how can i transfer my e-mails to outlook express or microsoft outlook?????
Has hotmial stoped the servise???????
Hi Leo,
How to export contacts from Hotmail account to another Hotmail account.
Regards,
FonDee
Please read that article you just commented on.
Hi
How do I pull my hotmail emails down from the internet to my outlook application? by setting up another email account in Outlook? I guess I am after the outlook new account settings to be able to do this.
Thanks
Nick
Just sending you my fix to IMPORTING A .CSV (address) FILE (from Outlook Express) TO AOL. You can NOT do this while you’re in your resident AOL account. AOL’s instructions for importing a .csv file ONLY work from AOL MAIL ON THE WEB. This is the only place where their precious “ADDRESSES” tab appears, which is clicked to reveal the IMPORT button. (This opens the Import Contacts window; you then click the Browse button, select your stored .csv file and import it.)
To get to AOL ON THE WEB,
Type http://www.aol.com into your browser. When the page loads, enter your Screen Name and password. NOW you can see the ADDRESSES tab!
You can transfer Hotmail contacts to another account see example at http://zeeshan.theshakirs.com/curl/hotmail/msn/index.php
how do i change my account from ibnuisak@hotmail.com to somalilover1@hotmail.com
There is no “change” for hotmail. You simply create a brand new account with the name you want, if it’s available.
Hey Leo,
Can you tell me how I can import all Outlook contact into my hotmail? I need all the contacts availabe whilst overseas.
Thanks
Jason
It was of terrific help! Thank you so much LEO!
Hi Leo,
I would like to delete Hotmail contacts, but for a while now i’ve gotten an error: ‘are you sure you want to delete these contacts permanently?’ and then i’d click yes, but the’d still be there. Same with turning off ‘rich text editor’. Can you help me? (And am i on the right website with this question?)
Thanks! Anne.
Hey,
You need to change this so if we make a new account we can take all our people and send them to our other account. Ya know what i mean because I have 237 people and i dont want to re-add all those people……so if you fix it let me know
Hallie
I can’t fix it. I’m not Microsoft, and I don’t work for Hotmail.
You need to make that suggestion to the Microsoft, MSN and Hotmail people.
This might be of help:
http://www.contactsimporter.net/testimport/test/index.aspx
Test it!!!
When you copy your hotmail contacts into Excel to make your .csv document make sure that you rename the ‘E-mail’ column ‘Email’. Then both the names and email addresses will import into a new hotmail account. Simple but effective. Hope this solves your problems guys.
follow instruction:
create new identity – add your hotmail details- then TOOLS – ADDRESS BOOK – TOOLS – SYNCHRONIZE NOW – then follow instuctions – hope this helps
i try and export my contacts from hotmail by going to print view and copying, pasting in excel and then saving as a csv file. all the details are there in the print view but whn i import them to outlook express but it says that i am trying to import “non-internet email addresses” and creates a contact but without a email attached. any ideas?
You CAN export hotmail contacts using windows live mail!! Just take a good look round, I managed to do it somehow
Is it possible to retrieve a contact list from a Hotmail account in which the user cannot sign in with it? If they’ve lost their password and can’t remember their secret answer in case of password loss?
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Nope, not that I’m aware of. Heck, that would mean ANYONE could get your
contacts, and you don’t want that.
Leo
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hey i would like to know how to delte contacts from my hotmail address book without deleting them from msn messenger? is there a way to do that? thanks
he’s right if you add windows live it gives you the option of exporting the address book it’s a doddle…
Leo , I have lost my email account that I had with hotmail , I changed my password as I was away on vacation and gave a family member my password , and decided to change it on return ( as you never know ) have not been able to get any email or face book for aweek , so I started a new email what do I do about all my email that Ive not seen PKVP
I am damn angry, when I moved three months ago, I switched from DSL to Cable 1. To keep my e-mail addresses I have to accept outlook express, which somehow gave me, as I understand, hotmail,
which I know nothing about, it was automatic.
Now today I wake up, I have “NO” e-mail I can receive, I can’t even review. My son-in-law says now I have to spend $20 to receive e-mail.
I don’t want hotmail, never did, how do I go about it, what is the procedure? Do I have to contact Cable One, or drop both and go back to DSL? Please explain…..
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First, it’s unlikely you HAD to do any of those things. What probably happened
is that your old email address was with your old ISP … meaning that if you
change ISPs you need to change your email address.
The idea behind HotMail, or GMail or any of the free email services is that
they are not related to your ISP. They’re just web sites that you can visit
using any ISP. I suspect someone suggested that as one solution to your problem
so that you would have to change your email address only this one time.
Outlook Express is not required. Hotmail can be accessed via the Web at
hotmail.com. Gmail at gmail.com. Yahoo mail at mail.yahoo.com. And so on.
Simply create an email account at one of those free web mail services and
you’re on your way.
It’s likely that your NEW ISP has assigned you a new email address already.
You’ll need to check with them. You could choose to use that – or not. That
will likely require an email program like Outlook Express (or Windows Live
Mail, or Thunderbird, or Outlook, or Eudora, or any of a hundred others) to
download your email to your machine without using web-based email.
Basically you have many, many choices, and the majority are totally free. It
all depends on what specifically you want to do.
Leo
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Hello,
I have tried to do an export from the contact as the option is now available but it doesn’t work, any idea?
Internet cannot dopwnload the file…
The internet site is unavailable or not found..
It seems that it si the same link as the email only the page.aspx change so what’s the deal there?
Thanks
Hello there.
I am wondering about how I can transfer my maill from hotmail to gmail. When I fill out the pop setting in gmail under “Accounts”, “Add another maill account” it just shows error. I’ve checked out izymail but seems scetchy. Can you please advice me on how to “defeat” hotmail on this one!?:)
Thank you!!
Leo, i just created a new GMail Google account, that I am signing Windows Live with it now, is it possible to export my contats list from my old Windows Live address to this new gmail account?
(sorry for my bad English, you can edit it if it’s necessarty) Thanks a lot!
u can if u click screen shot and shhot em all
How does one transfer contacts from my yahoo mail to hotmail account
I would like to transfer my contacts from MSN to G-mail, but the instructions provided are not clear and I do not know how to do it. Hope u can explain. Thanks
just wanted to say this was very useful help. thanks
how do i combine my hotmail account to my gmail account and what are the correct setting for it and also i do i access the combined addresses from outlook 2003?
my hotmail was stolen or hacked i want the contacts in it they are so important to me
30-Nov-2008
How do I transfer all my received letters from one hotmail account to another hotmail account?
16-Mar-2009
I just had my mail fwd’d to the new email account, then I went to the old one and sent a message to my entire contact list. I asked them to just hit reply then send.
Their reply was sent to my new email account, and I clicked on: Save new contact. Easy and takes 5 minutes on your part, but may take days for your recipients to reply.
I do not have outlook express. I have 4 e-mail accounts, 2 are “hotmail.com” and 2 are “live.com”. I am trying to form a list in one account for business inquiries on a particular subject. How do I transfer contacts from the other 3 contact e-mail accounts into one e-mail account? I tried following the advice in your article but I only have a (trial) version of excel office and it would not let me copy anything. Thank you.
anyone know how to transfer my hotmial contacts (not emails) to my new mac that uses mail.com
hai,
i have a question that how can i import the contacts from one gamil to anthor gmail\olz.send me the answer
I am having an issue whereby WinLive Hotmail has taken over my access. I cannot access my other Hotmail account. Somebody show me the road? Thanks
there is this problem after i import all the contacts,they appear offline,and my friends dont seems to have receive my invitation, any help?
I have contacts in WL Mail, WL Messenger, GMail and a few other ‘old’ data. I want all of them to go into a NEW kinda Address Mangual where I can keep them. Does anyone know of any (ideally FREE) program that can import and export all these different formats of addresses?
My facebook account was “hacked” into several weeks ago which also compromised my jagorproductions account which holds everything in my life for the last several years and I desparately need to retrieve it….I managed to salvage my contacts from outlook but don’t know how to temporarily switch them to another acct. until this is resolved??
I’m having the same problem as Marc.
I imported all the contacts, but they appear offline on my msn list and their username is simply their ID
Gah there is no SAVE CONTACT LIST in my Contacts menu bar.
I do not have the import or export options under my contacts…
easier way is to open hotmail >contacts “menu on right below> manage > export … then save as CSV ext. to imoprt it to any mail u desire !!
There is a service titled, TrueSwitch which transfers all items from one web based account to another.
Google the name
The question has NOT been answered, How do I transfer 385 e-mails belonging to my wife to her Hotmail account from mine? Outlook Express is NOT an option!