How to Sync Outlook Contacts with iPhone

This wikiHow teaches you how to sync Outlook.com or Microsoft Outlook for Windows contacts with your iPhone.

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Outlook.com contacts sync

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Open the Settings app

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(Settings) is usually located on the home screen.

This method will help you add Outlook.com contacts (also known as Hotmail.com or Live.com) to your iPhone.

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Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords . This option has a gray icon with a white key inside. You will find it in the middle of the menu.

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Click Add Account . A list of account types will appear.

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Click Outlook.com . This option is near the bottom.

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Sign in to your Outlook account. Enter your email address or phone number and tap Next , enter your password, and then tap Sign in .

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Click Yes to allow iPhone to access your Outlook data.

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Select the item to sync. Swipe the “Contacts” switch to the position

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, then continue the same with other information that you also want to sync.

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Click Save in the upper right corner of the screen. Outlook contacts will start syncing with iPhone.

Sync Microsoft Outlook for Windows contacts

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Open the iCloud Contrp Panel on your PC. To open it quickly, you can type icloud in the search bar at the bottom of the Start menu and click iCloud .

Apply this method if the computer has Microsoft Outlook installed and you want to use the program to manage contacts.
If your computer doesn’t have iCloud for Windows installed, you can download it at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204283.

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Sign in with Apple ID. If you are already logged in, you can skip this step.

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Check the box for “Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks With Outlook” (Mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks with Outlook). Outlook data will be added to other items that sync with iPhone.

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Click Apply at the bottom of the window. Outlook contacts (along with mail, calendar, and tasks) will start syncing with iPhone.

Steps

Outlook.com contacts sync

Sync Microsoft Outlook for Windows contacts

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