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# Contacts
**Contacts** is the tool that manages contacts and address books. Its interface consists of two sections: the **Groups** and the **Contact list**. On the left is the detailed view that shows information about the contacts.

![Contacts](en/contacts_main.png)

We will start with the **Contact list** to get familiar with its options and then we will see how different contacts can be grouped together to create groups and what they are for.

## Contact list
The **Contact list** is where the names or email addresses of contacts belonging to a directory or group are displayed. The first time you access it, if you have not used your **Disroot** account before, it is highly likely that you will find it empty.

![Contacts](en/contact_list_empty.png)

As the list is populated, you will see the total number of contacts in a directory o group at the bottom of it.

![Contacts](en/bottom.png)

## Creating a Contact
To create a contact just click on the **Create** button on the detailed view pane. The contact form will open.

![Contacts](en/contact_create.gif)

Fill in the form with the data you think is convenient to identify a contact. You can even add or remove the information fields you need.

## Contact list actions

![Contacts](en/actions.png)

In addition to creating, printing or deleting a contact you can do some other operations.

![Search](en/search.png) Search for a contact based on certain criteria.

![Import](en/import.png) You can import contacts from an existing address book. Webmail currently support importing addresses from the vCard or CSV (comma-separated) data format (see below for more details).

![Export](en/export.png) You can export all the contacts from a directory or group, only some or even just one to a vcf file (see below for more details).

![More](en/more.png) From here you can generate a **QR** code from the data of a selected contact (which you can use to, for example, transfer a contact from the webmail to the mobile) and assign/remove it from a contact group.

## Importing /exporting contacts
To import an existing previously saved addressbook:

1. click on the **Import** button,
2. select the file on your computer,
3. check the import options (they are self-explanatory), and finally
4. click on **Import** to finish.

    ![](en/rc_import.gif)


Now, to export an addressbook, a group or a single contact, is a similar process:

1. Click on the **Export** button;
2. select **Export all** to download all your contacts, or **Export selected** to download one or more contacts instead of the entire addressbook;
3. select where to save the file and finally
4. click on **Save**.

   ![](en/rc_export.gif)

## Address book
Now that we have seen the contacts, let's take a look at the address book which is - precisely - a collection or group of contacts. The first time you open your address book, it is probably empty, unless you have already been using your **Disroot** account and had some contacts and groups organized before.

![Address book](en/first_add_book.png)

Contact groups are useful to organize your contacts. You can select them when composing an email message, for example, and will enter all members as a recipient.

![Contact Group](en/send_add_group.gif)

Groups are also listed in the auto-complete when you type in the recipient field. A contact can be assigned to multiple groups.

![Contact Group](en/send_add_group_auto.gif)

Click a directory or a group in the list to show the contained contacts in the list on the right. The currently selected directory or group is highlighted in the list.

![Contact Group](en/group_select.gif)

## Creating a group
To create a contact group, first select the directory where you are going to create it and then click on the three dots menu to the left of the **Group** section title.

![Contact Group](en/group_create.png)

Select **+ Add group** and a window will open for you to enter the group name.

![Contact Group](en/groups_creation.png)

Click on **Save** to save your group.

![Contact Group](en/group_created.png)

You can abort the group creation by pressing the **Esc** key while entering the group name.

### Assigning Contacts to groups
You can assign contacts to groups by dragging & dropping them. Just select one or multiple contacts in the list and drop them onto the desired group.

![Contact Group](en/grouping.gif)

To remove a contact from a group, just select the contact you want to remove, right click on it, go to **··· More** in the context menu and finally select **Remove from group**.

![Contact Group](en/remove_from_group.gif)

### Additional actions

![Contact Group](en/more_actions.png)

As you may have noticed, there are other options in the **Groups** menu that are enabled according to whether you select a directory or a group.

- **Rename group**: Only enabled when you select a contact group. It will let you enter a new name for that group.

- **Delete group**: Deletes a selected group. Keep in mind that the contacts assigned to that group **will NOT** be deleted.

- **Save search**: If you have done a search in the address book before, this option will allow you to save that search as a filter to use later.

- **Delete search**: It is only enabled if you have done and save a search first. Select the search and click this option to delete it.