7 Google Contacts Tips Every User Should Know!

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Google Contacts may seem simple and straightforward. But do you know these 7 tips and tricks? In this video, Scott Friesen shows you how to customize Google Contacts and get the most out of this app. From enhancing your labels to merging contacts together, you'll be a Google Contacts master in no time!
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00:00 Using Contact Labels and Groups
01:44 Make Labels Stand Out with Emojis
03:23 Sharing Google Contacts with Others
04:21 Custom Column Display
05:49 Adding Profile Pictures
7:20 Merge Duplicate Contacts
9:31 Shortcut Keys to Access Contacts Fast
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  • @Simpletivity
    @Simpletivity3 жыл бұрын

    Want to know more about tip #3? Share all or some of your list with Shared Contacts for Gmail: bit.ly/sharedcontactsforgmail

  • @jennybracelin4032
    @jennybracelin40322 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you. I was looking for ONE place to store customer information and with your tips, GC is perfect.

  • @annecrosbygaudetmusic
    @annecrosbygaudetmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Love the emoji tip! Going to do that now!

  • @argenisaguilar9045
    @argenisaguilar90452 жыл бұрын

    Great information...thank you very much...

  • @jessejames4444
    @jessejames44442 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thank you.

  • @blomshell
    @blomshell2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks. I really like the emoji tip. For those not familiar, you can get to the emoji menu on a PC by clicking Windows key + period key. I am struggling to find my contacts that don't have any labels though. Does anyone know how to do this?

  • @garyliu1670
    @garyliu16702 жыл бұрын

    thanks i will use it now

  • @patrickkapuyatshiuma67
    @patrickkapuyatshiuma673 жыл бұрын

    Owesome video! I like the trick to add a contact picture through a link! Thanks!!

  • @arseneousmanemethods
    @arseneousmanemethods Жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @furqantafseer5493
    @furqantafseer54933 жыл бұрын

    Very useful tips there. I knew three of them, rest were really awesome and new to me.

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear!

  • @gilles49280
    @gilles49280 Жыл бұрын

    Good morning. Great tutorial ... thank you. I have a tricky question for you about picture QUALITY of our contacts. Sometimes the picture looks great and sometimes it is very blury (big pixels). Do you know how to make sure to have good quality picture in our Contact application ? Thanks by advance. Gilles

  • @econsultingparis
    @econsultingparis3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot!!! I love the picture tip !

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're so welcome!

  • @karthikrajgopal8627
    @karthikrajgopal86273 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, nice..

  • @JoshuaF-ub7gq
    @JoshuaF-ub7gq Жыл бұрын

    can someone please tell me how to do ADD IMAGE ADDRESS function but on a macbook pro? also will this mean if the profile photo is taken from lets say facebook and the person changes it, will it change on my google contacts too or remove itself? thanks for the help.

  • @CreativeBlue
    @CreativeBlue Жыл бұрын

    Had no idea you could bring an Emoji into a Label in such as easy way. Many good tips here, including Copy image address of a contact from Social Media. Question: is there any way to Add/See the Contact NOTES in the Contact List Overview by Columns. Haven't found a way to do this except by saving in a Excel csv file.

  • @josephfranco6276
    @josephfranco62762 жыл бұрын

    Hi Scott- is it possible to split Job title & company as 2 separate columns?

  • @palladiumone4434
    @palladiumone4434 Жыл бұрын

    @Simpletivity Hey thanks for this great video! Question: When you change the order of your contact headers will the data export in that order?

  • @Shamshir_Shaikh
    @Shamshir_Shaikh Жыл бұрын

    I am trying to sort contacts only which starts with +61 but I am getting all other country numbers as well even if 61 is in between, can you suggest ?

  • @settingsdefault
    @settingsdefault7 ай бұрын

    Great videos. Helping alot.

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it!

  • @BillRocklin
    @BillRocklin3 жыл бұрын

    some more good ones Scott!

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Bill.

  • @MaryC.51
    @MaryC.517 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the great video. I have contacts with old email addresses which appear when I prepare an email to them. How do I remove those old email addresses without deleting old emails where they were used.

  • @marymarlowwoodard
    @marymarlowwoodard3 жыл бұрын

    I have a person in a group with two email addresses. How can I add both email addresses to the group (label) so that I can send to both addresses when I use the contact group in gmail?

  • @timetraveller6643
    @timetraveller66432 жыл бұрын

    The default is sort alpha by name. How do I alter the display to sort by label or sort by email domain?

  • @ryfinerty7042
    @ryfinerty70422 жыл бұрын

    I don't have an emoji option when renaming a tab. Is that a PC-only thing (I'm on a mac)? I'd really like to color code the tags, since all the grey is hard to distinguish. Does anyone have a solution?

  • @agoogleuser9270
    @agoogleuser92703 жыл бұрын

    How to get that clicky animation effect?, It just looks so nice,,,,, please let me know.. Thank you

  • @davidmahle1221
    @davidmahle12212 жыл бұрын

    How can I add 2 names to 1 contact record? For example, Chris Smith - Owner, and James Baker - Tech?? Thank you!

  • @tbarron1631
    @tbarron16312 жыл бұрын

    In tip #2, how do you bring up the emoji menu when editing the name of the label?

  • @MrMTraum
    @MrMTraum Жыл бұрын

    Looking to view/group multiple contacts which have no label. Why? Because I want to export only these contacts. Any option for this?

  • @ForrestCarleton
    @ForrestCarleton9 ай бұрын

    How can I strip the leading 1+ number prefix? Thanks!

  • @danbails9887
    @danbails988711 ай бұрын

    Hey Scott, nice video but I have a question that wasnt covered. What if I have a contact entry that is for multiple people or in my case it is a husband and wife in a Home Owners Association and they each have their own email entered in one contact. When they are in a group that I want to email I want both of their emails to be used when I enter their group lable in the "to" field. Is that possible?

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    11 ай бұрын

    I wish had a better answer for you, but this is a sore spot with Contacts. Only the primary email address will be included within the Group. In this case, it would be better to create separate contacts for each.

  • @barbarabacker-gray9611
    @barbarabacker-gray96119 ай бұрын

    Hi there. Great video. Question: how do I get that screen? I only got there once by accident when I was clicking around a lot and then only for frequent contacts.

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    9 ай бұрын

    You can either click on Contacts from your Google menu (top-right corner of apps like Gmail) or use the shortcut key GC.

  • @kimberlynovak54
    @kimberlynovak543 жыл бұрын

    Scott, love your stuff!! Not sure if adding pic to contacts from social media works on mac? Did not have option to add file name. Did I miss something?

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    One way to right click on a Mac is to press the Ctrl (or Control) key when you tap the mouse button or the trackpad.

  • @sojibapplepscgame6681
    @sojibapplepscgame66812 жыл бұрын

    love

  • @mjoeuson
    @mjoeuson2 жыл бұрын

    Can you share all contacts or is it just labels?

  • @willardloggins7972
    @willardloggins79723 жыл бұрын

    Do I have to have contact on my phone like friend and family

  • @vanessastewart8142
    @vanessastewart81422 жыл бұрын

    Can you print a list of your contacts without all the information just the name, tel # and email

  • @estateoption
    @estateoption2 жыл бұрын

    what is prefix and suffix in google contacts ?

  • @rajaniks9145
    @rajaniks91452 жыл бұрын

    How to add the email in 'Google Profile' section in the Contact info to Home/Work email ?

  • @gaganwadhwafreelancer
    @gaganwadhwafreelancer3 жыл бұрын

    sir is there google app or any 100% secure app through which we can send text message to many customers with excel sheet.

  • @gaganwadhwafreelancer

    @gaganwadhwafreelancer

    3 жыл бұрын

    message continued or any website

  • @Claudio7ITA
    @Claudio7ITA Жыл бұрын

    Hi, how can I search for contacts that have no labels ?

  • @teddbernard6206
    @teddbernard620625 күн бұрын

    i have 2700 contacts, i want to move through them one by one and add labels or delete. is there setting that enables me to view them one by one and seamless move from one contact to the other?

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    22 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately, Google Contacts doesn't have a built-in feature to browse contacts one by one and seamlessly move between them for editing. But you can simple go through your list from the main page to do so.

  • @chrisabaird
    @chrisabaird Жыл бұрын

    Upload photo doesn't appear to work on a mac . . . no option to add the link. . . any suggestions.

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, this add picture via link doesn't seem to play nice with Macs. You could instead download the image and then add to Contacts.

  • @Bill_Woo
    @Bill_Woo3 жыл бұрын

    Unless it's been improved or repaired, when you merge contacts on an Android it muddies up text exports in my experience.

  • @Bill_Woo

    @Bill_Woo

    3 жыл бұрын

    The complexity arises because it kept the ability to unmerge. I would rather it purely merged the two, even if it (or you) would have to address conflicts (like Steve vs. Stephen). Also the order of merging matters. That determines whether you're see Steve or Stephen.

  • @georgeeleftheriou1553
    @georgeeleftheriou15532 жыл бұрын

    NEED your professional step by step guidance, as to: Stop my outlook synching with google contacts PLEASE!!!

  • @markwalter4881
    @markwalter48813 жыл бұрын

    what did you press to bring up the emoji menu? @2:42min

  • @humorous2me

    @humorous2me

    3 жыл бұрын

    In Windows you can click the following for emoji keyboard - "Windows logo key + ."

  • @econsultingparis

    @econsultingparis

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can also install chrome extensions to get emoji menu

  • @BangTons

    @BangTons

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@humorous2me Not explained in detail, it's clear what emoji should be installed in Chrome. I've tried just pressing the windows logo + dot but nothing appears. What do you actually use so that Emoji appears when you press only the windows logo + dot ?

  • @humorous2me

    @humorous2me

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BangTons Hmm, when I press the windows logo + . Combination, a box pops up titled emoji and has my most recently used emojis listed.

  • @BangTons

    @BangTons

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@humorous2me without installing emoji it will work? If you previously had to install emoji types, now that's what I mean it's not clear which emojis to install, there are lots of emojis out there.

  • @KateandMikesMom1
    @KateandMikesMom13 жыл бұрын

    I don't have emojis to add to google contacts on my pc. Where might I find them to add?

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Select the Windows key and then period (.) on your keyboard. This will bring up your emoji dialog.

  • @KateandMikesMom1

    @KateandMikesMom1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Simpletivity It didn't work. I have Windows 10

  • @matrixtherapists

    @matrixtherapists

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Simpletivity I am always amazed with what you come up with, thanks

  • @Simpletivity

    @Simpletivity

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@matrixtherapists You are most welcome, Edi. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

  • @BangTons

    @BangTons

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Simpletivity Not explained in detail, it's clear what emoji should be installed in Chrome. I've tried just pressing the windows logo + dot but nothing appears. What do you actually use so that Emoji appears when you press only the windows logo + dot ?

  • @willardloggins7972
    @willardloggins79723 жыл бұрын

    I keep getting messages from Google when I get sms messages to add a contact and I don't even know most of the messages I get

  • @hp.8
    @hp.83 жыл бұрын

    wow GC worked but the importing DP from facebook didn't work

  • @stevekalletzky3655
    @stevekalletzky3655 Жыл бұрын

    X 0:36 🎉❤❤❤❤❤

  • @clairegatti3211
    @clairegatti32112 жыл бұрын

    Where are the emoji’s?

  • @Rahulislam434
    @Rahulislam4347 ай бұрын

    Hi

  • @Rahulislam434
    @Rahulislam4347 ай бұрын

    Help me

  • @user-wg3sf3ld4g
    @user-wg3sf3ld4g7 ай бұрын

    ❤😂

  • @northeasttransportllc2542
    @northeasttransportllc25423 жыл бұрын

    1st

  • @daviddoxtater6749
    @daviddoxtater6749 Жыл бұрын

    Anybody here actually tried to contact Google with an issue...i have....nobody's home. A software vvoice that talks bit doesn't listen.

  • @FLOODOFSINS
    @FLOODOFSINS Жыл бұрын

    Good video but I think that shows how terrible of a company Google is. There are just so many flaws and improvements they could do with this. There's such control freaks. That's why they are so conservative with bard. They want to be the ones to put guardrails and tell everybody else what to do with AI. They want to be Mankind's parent/babysitter.

  • @nirmalnirmalroy5811
    @nirmalnirmalroy58112 жыл бұрын

    Hi