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How to add, change or remove picture/photo for contact in Outlook?

Author Siluvia Last modified

A picture can be added to a contact in Microsoft Outlook, so that you can easily identify who is behind this contact in a glance. Besides adding picture to a contact, you can also change or remove picture for contact. Please look at the following tutorial.

Add, change or remove picture or photo for a contact in Outlook

Add new picture for the contact

Change picture for the contact

Remove picture from the contact


Add, change or remove picture or photo for a contact in Outlook

1. Go to the Contacts folder and change the Contacts to the Business Card view.

1). In Outlook 2010 and 2013, please click View > Change View > Business Card. See screenshot:

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 1

2). In Outlook 2007, please click View > Current View > Business Cards.

2. Click to select a contact business card which you want to add, change or remove picture, and then double click to open it.

3. In the Contact dialog box, you need to do as follows.

Add new picture for the contact

1. For adding new picture to the contact, please click Picture > Add Picture under Contact tab.

Or you can just click on the Add Contact Picture.

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 2

2. In the Add Contact Picture dialog box, find and select the picture you want to add to the contact, and then click Open button.

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 3

3. Then you can see the selected picture is added to the Add Contact Picture field. See screenshot:

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 4

4. Then please click the Save & Close button to save this setting.

Change picture for the contact

1. For changing the contact picture, please click Picture > Change Picture under Contact tab. See screenshot:

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 5

2. In the Change Contact Picture dialog box, find and select the picture and then click Open button.

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 6

3. Then the old picture is replaced, please click the Save & Close button.

Remove picture from the contact

1. To remove picture from the contact, please click Picture > Remove Picture. See screenshot:

screenshot of steps about editing picture or photo for a contact in Outlook 7

2. After clicking Remove Picture, the contact picture will be removed immediately. Then click Save & Close button.


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