title: “How To Add An Email Address To Your Gmail Contacts” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-10” author: “Marc Branch”
How to Add an Email Address to Your Gmail Contacts
Aside from making a new contact’s info available on other devices, another reason to add a contact in Gmail is so they are recognized by Google and not sent to spam. Here’s how to add an email address to your Gmail contacts.
Open a message from the sender you want to save as a contact in Gmail. Hover your cursor over the sender’s name at the top of the email. Select Add to Contacts on the pop-up pane. To add more information about this contact, select Edit Contact. Enter the sender’s name and any other information you have for the person. You don’t have to fill out all the fields. You can always add information later. After adding all the information you want, Save the new contact. When you type a letter or two into the To field as you compose a new email, Gmail auto-fills the field based on contacts that match, so you don’t have to look up addresses in your Contacts list manually. If you haven’t saved the address, though, Gmail can’t do this.
Access the Contact in Gmail
When you are ready to expand or edit the information you have for your contact:
Open Google Contacts. Start typing the contact’s name or email address in the search field. Gmail will suggest matching contacts. If Gmail does not suggest the correct contact, select the correct entry in the search results. The contact’s details appear. Select the pencil icon to edit the contact. Make the desired changes or additions. Select Show more at the bottom of the contact screen to see additional fields. Select Save.
About Google Contacts
When you enter a sender into Google Contacts, the information is synced across all your computers and mobile devices, so it’s available wherever you go and whatever device you use.
