Duplicate Contacts Eliminator for Microsoft Outlook (64-bit)

Description

Tired of seeing two or more identical contacts in your Microsoft® Outlook® folders? Easily eliminate duplicate Outlook contacts with this dependable Duplicate Contacts Eliminator add-in. Get back into an organized, manageable state by removing all duplicate contacts except for one.

How it works:

• Select the folder(s) where the contacts reside.
• Decide whether to delete the duplicates or move them to another folder.
• Begin eliminating duplicates.

Main features

• Safely deletes duplicate contacts in one or more Outlook folders at once.
• Removes duplicate contacts in Outlook folders, including Search Folders, Shared Folders, and Exchange Server Public Folders.
• Clears up the same contacts in Exchange mailboxes and in PST files.
• Can move duplicate contacts to “Deleted Items” folder or the specified folder of your choice or delete duplicate contacts permanently.
• When moving duplicates to a folder, the entire structure of the original folder is created. You can put the moved contacts back to their original folders.
• When removing Outlook contacts, additional fields to compare duplicates can be specified. A contact that was created later will be considered a duplicate.
• Provides folder priority option to delete duplicate contacts in Outlook folders of your choice. The contacts remain in the high-priority folders and are deleted from low-priority folders.
• Can be started directly from Outlook. This allows you to eliminate duplicates among the selected contacts. You can create multiple configurations (for example, different contact folders or comparison fields) and run the required ones in one click.
• Provides a separate application to delete duplicate contacts in Outlook closed.
• Provides an application to deduplicate contacts from the command line.

What are the reasons for duplicate contacts in Outlook

Let’s look at the most common reasons for duplicate contacts in Outlook profile.

Adding a new contact by dropping an email into the Contacts folder

This is a convenient and quick automatic way to create a new contact that many users use. But by doing so, it’s easy to make a mistake and duplicate an existing contact.

Saving new data for an existing contact under a new name

Often, correspondents write to each other from a new email account or provide a new phone number. And then, they often save this contact information as a new contact instead of updating an existing one.

Synchronizing data

Synchronizing Outlook with other devices or importing contacts from other applications or web services is the major reason for duplicates. Different devices may save contact data using different fields. Or the same contact may be saved differently on various platforms. In these cases, the data is duplicated, and unnecessary entries appear in your address book.

Importing PST file into Outlook account

You may need to dedupe Outlook contacts after importing PST data file to your profile. If your backup PST contains the same contacts you have now, the duplicates occur.

How to remove and merge duplicate contacts in Outlook manually

You may use regular Outlook means to delete duplicates in your Address Book.

Way 1: Compare and remove duplicate Outlook contacts manually

This is the very first way that comes to mind. If there are few contacts, you can compare them one by one and delete unnecessary ones. This method only applies if you have a short list of contacts.

1. In the bottom left corner of the Outlook window, find the “People” icon and click on it.
2. On the View tab, select Change View > Phone. This is the most convenient tabular representation of contacts for visual comparison. It displays the entire list of contacts, along with fields by which you can sort them to make it easier to find duplicates.
3. After sorting by the desired fields, the duplicates will appear nearby, and you can quickly find and delete them.

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