Contact list grayed out in Outlook for Mac

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![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/2a85e2cf-2afe-4b89-b471-597d8576bfc8?platform=QnA I went to make a contact list for the first time and the option is grayed out. All of the online help I find shows the old [Outlook for Mac interface](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-contact-list-or-distribution-list-in-outlook-for-mac-c5230b49-5e00-481b-a2ce-66f388f7bd34#bkmk_showmyomcfolder "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-contact-list-or-distribution-list-in-outlook-for-mac-c5230b49-5e00-481b-a2ce-66f388f7bd34#bkmk_showmyomcfolder"). (This article says that you "just have to" enable "Hide on my computer folders" but I do not have that options in Preferences > General) How do I enable Contact List this? [![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/8403a687-ab50-4320-97f4-1c20af0802b1?platform=QnA

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Hi Peter Nelson (peter.nelson),

Thanks for choosing Microsoft Community.

Based on your description, I know your requirement. In fact, new outlook for mac does not have contact lists now. So the icon is greyed out. You can get more detailed information from New outlook for mac.

Microsoft is updating their products based on customers' need, believe this feature will be available soon. Please be patient to wait for some time. If you want to use this feature now, you can change back to the old outlook as the document said at any time. Your understanding and patience are highly appreciated.

Thanks for your precious time. Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Katherine

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Anonymous

2023-02-21T18:23:25+00:00

Hi Katherine,

This was posted almost a full year ago, and several people have requested an update. Please respond to let us know when this feature will be available. Contact lists are a basic functionality of an email platform, so I would expect this to be on the top of the list of improvements needed.

Thank you,

Megam
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Anonymous

2023-02-22T00:00:49+00:00

I do not have this option to "uncheck" New Outlook. Does anyone else have any ideas? Do you think, I can import a CVS file? I can create a contact list, but I cant share the contact list or doing anything with it. Thoughts?

-Sarah
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Anonymous

2023-03-03T17:44:01+00:00

I see this is still not available. It's been nearly a year since this was asked and yet it hasn't been made functional. Why is something this simple so hard to get into the product?
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Anonymous

2023-03-03T23:46:27+00:00

It's difficult to comprehend how a "new" outlook version has less features than the old version. I need inbox counts and contact lists as a DAILY part of workflow.
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