How to add contacts in gmail: 2 methods

Do you want to know how to add contacts in Gmail?. Great, in this article we are discussing two methods of adding a contact within your Gmail contact list. By going through this post, you can easily understand how to add your family member, friends, business associate to your Google’s contact list and this list might be very useful to you because you can also use these contacts in google plus as well.

It is quite helpful to use a Gmail contact list because inside this list you may find all your contacts correctly sorted and detailed according to your preferences. Just have a glance at this article to know how to add contacts in Gmail.

Steps to add contacts in Gmail:

Method 1 of 2: Using Google Plus Search bar

Step 1: First login to your Gmail account by using your email id and password and then under Gmail dashboard, go to “Contacts” option which is at the top left corner of your screen.

Step 3: Now, Click on “Add new contact” icon which is at the bottom right corner of your screen.

Step 4: After clicking that icon, a dialog box may appear, in which you’ve to type a name, which will get retrieved from google plus database.

Step 5: Now, if that recipient is there on google plus then its detailed will be displayed in the search results. Just click on edit options as marked in the image below.

Step 6: After clicking that icon, you may see detailed information of that recipient. Just click on “Edit contact” to add this contact in your Gmail contact list.

Step 7: You can further edit name, address, photo, contact details, and web address of that particular recipient and after modify your change click on “Save” button.

Step 8: Finally, you’ll see your contact list is now updated with new recipients.

Method 2 of 2: Manually

Step 1: First click on “Create” button to add any contact manually.

Step 2: After that you’ll see “Edit Contact” window, here you can fill the information according to your need and in order to add image, just click on “Add a photo” link.