Create a contact group

Applies To: Outlook 2016 , Outlook 2013

Use a contact group (formerly called a “distribution list”) to send an email to multiple people—a project team, a committee, or even just a group of friends—without having to add each name each time you want to write them. To create contact group:

1. On the Navigation bar, click People.
   • For Outlook 2013: 
   • For Outlook 2016: 
2. Under My Contacts, pick where you want to add the contact group. For this example, click Contacts.
3. Click Home > New Contact Group.
4. On the Contact Group tab, in the Name box, type a name for the group.
5. Click Add Members, and then add people from your address book or contacts list.
   
   NOTE:  To add someone who is not in your address book or contacts, create or add a person as a contact.
6. Click Save and Close.
   To learn how to use your new contact group, see Send an email message to a contact group.

See Also

Add people to a contact group

Create a contact group from a list of names in an email message

Create a contact group from a list of contacts in Excel

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