I incorrectly imported contacts from Excel. How do I "undo" that?

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I wanted to combine a spreadsheet of contacts to the existing contacts in my
Outlook account. The new contacts imported wrong because I did not match the
fields correctly. How do I "undo" the import so that the contacts that were
already there, stay there, and the recently imported contacts are removed?

thanks for any help you can offer.
 
activejean said:
I wanted to combine a spreadsheet of contacts to the existing
contacts in my Outlook account. The new contacts imported wrong
because I did not match the fields correctly. How do I "undo" the
import so that the contacts that were already there, stay there, and
the recently imported contacts are removed?
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There is no "undo" for an import. DIsplay your contacts in a table list
(like By Category) and remove the ones you don't want.
 
Or sort by the Created date to see the ones added most recently.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Thanks for the answer.... that's what i figured, unfortunately.
It was over 1,000 contacts imported and will be nearly impossible for me to
delete them one by one. Is there a way for me to put them in a table list so
that the ones i most recently imported are categorized together? Any idea
how to put the new ones in a grouping somehow?

best,
jean
 
activejean said:
Thanks for the answer.... that's what i figured, unfortunately.
It was over 1,000 contacts imported and will be nearly impossible for
me to delete them one by one. Is there a way for me to put them in a
table list so that the ones i most recently imported are categorized
together? Any idea how to put the new ones in a grouping somehow?
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Sue said how.
 
THANK YOU! It worked - I sorted by "modified" and was able to delete them
all en masse.

I appreciate the help immensely.

best,
jean

Sue Mosher said:
Or sort by the Created date to see the ones added most recently.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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