How to Add Contacts to Gmail [Step Wise Guide]

This article is a tutorial for you in which you can learn How to Add Contacts to Gmail step by step. The article has step by step description by which you can easily learn to add contacts to Gmail.

Gmail has minor differences in different operating systems. Like if we talk about android then mostly Gmail is the default app for email purposes. But in iPhone and macOS another one is available for all emails.

If you are using an iPhone then you need to download the Gmail app on your iPhone. The macOS users can open the Gmail on Chrome browser easily. It works the same as it works on Windows and other operating systems. Now let’s see How to Add Contacts to Gmail step by step.

How to Add Contacts to Gmail

The technology is improving itself and getting smarter day by day. In Gmail, whenever we receive an email then it will automatically show the sender’s name as we have already saved the contact. But it is not saved in your contact list. This was just a by default name which is taken from the sender’s email id. So read the complete article and learn to add contacts in Gmail.

We are going to learn to add contacts to Gmail for each operating system and step by step. You can directly read the way that you want to read. Now without wasting time let’s start the learning.

How to Add Contacts to Gmail on PC

This is the first way in which we will learn to add contacts in Gmail on PC. If you want to know How you can add a new contact in Gmail then this way helps you a lot.

On your PC, if you have windows OS and any other OS then this way is for you. Here in this way, you need to have a chrome browser on your laptop or computer.

If you don’t have Chrome Browser on your PC then you can download it, well, otherwise we can open Gmail on any other browser that you have on your PC. You just need to follow the steps carefully.

1. First, you need to open the Chrome browser or any other browser that you have on your PC.
2. In the browser, you have to open Gmail. You just need to paste this code in the URL box https://mail.google.com/mail/ or you can directly click on this link to open Gmail in the next window.
   • Note: If it will ask you to sign in with your Google account then just sign in. Once you complete the sign-in process then you can access all your emails.
3. Now you need to open the email from the person of which you want to add to your contacts.
4. After that, you just need to click on the name of the person.
5. Once you click on the name of the person then you can see a contact bar in which you have to click on the option of ‘more info’.
6. When you click on more info then the window of contacts will open from the right side of your PC screen.
7. In this window, you need to click on the person’s name again to open their contact details,
8. All the contact details are available to the person in this contact window. You need to click on the icon of ‘add to contacts’ that is available on the right side of the search icon on the upper side of the contact window.
9. When you click on it then the contact will automatically save in your contact list.

If you want to see the specific contact to check that the contact was saved or not then you just need to follow the below steps.

How to Check Contact is Saved or Not?

Follow the below steps to check if the contact you saved in the past is available in your contact list or not.

1. First, you need to open the Contacts on your Browser. You just need to copy and paste this link https://contacts.google.com/ in the URL box.
2. After that, your contact list will open in front of you. You just need to check that the contact you have saved is available in the contact list or not. Your all contacts are available on the contacts page.
   • You can also use the search bar to search your recently saved contact.

This is the complete process that you have to follow to add contacts to Gmail on PC. I hope you have learned How to Add Contacts in Gmail on windows OS and on any other OS.

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How to Add Contacts in Gmail on Smartphone

Now it’s time to learn How we can add the contacts in Gmail on the smartphone. Well, on smartphones we have to download the Gmail app. So it will never matter which OS is available on our smartphone. Because the Gmail app works always the same on all OS and smartphones.

If you want to add the contacts in Gmail then first you need to use the contacts app for that. Because there is no direct way to add the contacts in the Gmail app on smartphones. So that’s why first you can access the contacts app by google.

We are going to divide this way into two parts so that you can learn to add a contact in the Gmail app on your smartphone easily.

First Part to access Gmail & Google Contacts app on Smartphone

1. First, you need to download the Gmail and Google Contacts app.
2. After that, open Gmail on your smartphone.’
3. Log in with your Google account in Gmail.
4. Now just click on the three lines that are available in the top left corner in Gmail.
5. Scroll and click on the option of contacts. Before this step, make sure that you have downloaded Google Contacts on your smartphone.
6. Contacts app will be open in which you need to log in with your Google account if you haven’t logged in yet.

How to Add Contacts in Google Contacts App

1. In the Google Contacts app, you need to click on the + icon that is available in the bottom right corner.
2. After that, Enter the details like Name, Phone number, and don’t forget to enter the email address. If you enter the email address details then you can use this contact as a Gmail contacts list.
3. Once you have entered all the details then just click on the Save button to add the contact to the contact list.

These are the three steps that you need to follow to save the contact in Google contacts and as well as Google Contacts app.

Frequently Asked Questions

We are going to cover some questions related to this topic. These are the queries in which people mostly get confused.

If you haven’t found the answer to your query then you can find your query in this section. When you are not able to find your query in this section then read the remaining article, you will get the way to find your query.

Where is the Add Button Contacts in Gmail?

In Gmail, open the email that you want to add to contacts, after that just click on the sender’s email address and then just click on the more info’s icon. The button is located on the upper right side of the corner in the contacts window. The complete detailed way is available in this article just read the upper way in which we have described this way step by step. You can learn it more easily and perfectly.

How do you add a new contact to your email list in Gmail?

In Gmail, open the email that you want to add to your contact list and then click on the sender’s email and then click on the more info’s icon and then just click on the add to contact’s icon that is available in the upper right corner of the contacts window. You can learn it more easily and more perfectly, just click on the follow the upper of this article.

How to Add a contact to a Group in Gmail?

You can’t do it directly in Gmail. You need to make a group or add an email to the group in google contacts. Open the Google Contacts and then create a new label after that just select the contacts or emails that you want to add to the group after that just put them into the labels.

How to Add Contacts to Gmail on the iPhone?

Download the Gmail and Google Contacts on your iPhone, Log in on both apps with your email and then just create a new contact in google contacts on your iPhone after that you can access your newly created contact in Gmail. You can learn briefly to add a new contact in Gmail on your iPhone with the help of the upper way in this article.

How to Create a new contact in Gmail on macOS?

On your macOS, open Gmail and then open any email. After that, just click on the sender’s email address and then click on the more info icon and then click on add a new contact icon. You have created a new contact. There is one more but in this way, you need to create a new contact in google contacts.

How to Create Folders in Gmail?

Open Gmail, scroll the left side menu in Gmail and click on create a new label and then give the name to your label. Your folder has created in Gmail. You can also learn How to Create Folders in Gmail descriptively in detail and step by step. Just click and get learn more than you expect.

These are the frequently asked questions by the peoples. I hope you have found your query in this section. If not then just tell us about your query in the comment box. We will answer your query and also add your query in this section as well.

Important information (Conclusion)

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