Q – I am using Outlook 2016. I have saved all my data in OST or PST file. I want to extract only contacts but I am not aware of the procedure to extract contacts from the file. Can anyone help me by suggesting an effective method to fetch contacts from Outlook 2016? Thank you in advance.

Jessamine

 

You can try the manual method by exporting contacts from Outlook 2016 to CSV and save it your defined location.

Zillah

 

Ok, thank for the suggestion but I am not aware of the steps of the working. Can you please elaborate the process?

Selma

 

You can find the steps given here –

  • Go to Outlook
  • Go to Open & Export
  • Select Export to a file
  • Selected Comma Separated Value
  • Select contacts under Personal folders
  • Click on Browse option and provide a location to save the exported file
  • Click Finish
Griselda

 

I tried to follow the above steps but they are not found effective in my case. Can you please provide any other solution with easy and simplified working?

Yannick

 

You can try the automated solution if you are not satisfied with the manual method.

Cyrila

 

Try Softaken PST Contacts Extractor third-party application that can simply extract contacts from PST file with few simple commands. A huge number of contacts can be easily extracted using this tool. There is no limitation of PST file size. Moreover, you can try a free version of this tool. For more details, you can follow the given link – https://www.softaken.com/outlook-pst-extractor