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In today’s era Many email clients are available in the online market to store emails, contacts, calendars, and other information. Contacts plays an important role in our daily life both personally and professionally. So, in this blog we are going to help the users to transfer contacts from Zimbra to Outlook. Due to the popularity and advance features of MS Outlook, users want to export Zimbra contacts to Outlook. Let’s start the article and know the way to how to import contacts from Zimbra to Outlook.

Direct Solution to Import Contacts from Zimbra to Outlook

In order to transfer contacts from Zimbra to Outlook safely, please download Zimbra Mail Converter that is completely import entire Zimbra contacts into MS Outlook along with all contacts details like name, address, email id, business address, fax number, etc. All contacts information will import in their original formatting, it maintains accuracy of data while importing Zimbra to Outlook PST.

How to Export Zimbra Contacts to Outlook

• Download Zimbra Converter

• Install and launch it into your system
• Select Zimbra contacts as per the requirement

• Click on Contacts and select Outlook Contacts option

• Choose desired destination to save converted contacts and click Convert button

Reasons to Transfer Zimbra Contact into MS Outlook

Zimbra Desktop is officially supported by Zimbra. It provides services of emailing, messaging, tasks, attachments, calendars, etc. But it’s connectivity is slow with server. On the other side, Outlook is most used world widely and it has more advance features instead of Zimbra. Outlook provides facility to work on offline mode without internet connectivity.

Manual Process to Import Zimbra Contacts to Outlook

To import contacts from Zimbra to Outlook you need to export contacts from Zimbra by follow these steps:-

1. Open Zimbra and click Preferences tab
2. Click Import/Export option and select contacts
3. From Export option, select Account Contacts and then choose Emailed Contacts
4. After that click on Export button
5. Now, contacts will save Emailed Contacts.csv file

After exporting contacts from Zimbra, you can import contacts from ZImbra  to Outlook. Follow the given below steps to import Zimbra contacts:-

• Open Microsoft Outlook, click File menu
• Click Open & Export and select Import/Export option

• Now, choose Import from another program or file option from Import and Export Wizard window and press Next button

• From Import a file window, choose Comma Separated Values option and again press Next button

• Browse and select files that you exported from Zimbra

• Select Contacts(This computer only) option and click Export

• After that click Map Custom Fields

• Now, you need to drag Comma Separated Values to Microsoft Office Outlook and then click OK

• Finally click Finish button from Import a file window.

Note: Manual method does not provide accurate solution completely as well it is quite complex and lengthy process. Non-technical person cannot able to import  Zimbra contacts to Outlook, users should have technical knowledge to accomplish the task.

Final Words

Here, we explained the users how to import Zimbra contacts to Outlook. We discussed about two methods manual and automated solution to export contacts from Zimbra. It is highly recommended to use reliable solution as manual process takes too much time to perform the activity. Zimbra TGZ converter also supports to convert Zimbra to Zimbra to Gmail, Office 365, Thunderbird, PDF, EML, MSG, and other formats.