Google contacts can be managed on contacts.google.com
Contacts - These are individuals you manually add with the +Create contact button in the upper left hand side of the page.
Directory - These are all active Plattsburgh email addresses, you are not able to modify this list.
Frequent - Any addresses you have emailed or been emailed by multiple times.
Other contacts - Any time you email an address or have been emailed by an address, it will be added to this list.
Merge & fix - Any duplicate entries will be listed here, you will be given the option to merge the duplicate entries.
Import - Import a list of contacts from a CSV or a vCard file.
Trash - Any contacts you have delete in the past 30 days, after 30 days the contact is permanently deleted.
Labels - Lists of contacts to make emailing groups easier.
Update a contact
- Locate the contact in one of the contact lists
- Mouse over the contact and click the edit contact pencil icon
- Change any required fields
- Click 'Save'
Delete a contact
- Locate the contact in one of the contact lists
- Mouse over the contact and click the three vertical dots.
- Click the 'Delete' option
- Click 'Move to trash'
- Items will remain in the trash for 30 days unless the trash is emptied in advance.
- Items can be recovered while they are in the trash by clicking 'Recover', mouse over the contact to view the option.
Using labels
- Labels can be entered into the 'To' filed when composing a new email. Selecting the label in the 'To' field will automatically add all contacts that are a member of that particular label.
- Create a new label by clicking the large + next to 'labels' along the left hand side of the contacts screen.
- To add or remove a contact to/from a label:
- Locate the contact in one of the lists
- Mouse over the contact and click the three vertical dots that appear to the right of the contact
- In the menu that opens click the label you wish to add or remove. Any labels the contact is a member of will have a check mark next to the label.