{"id":29705,"date":"2025-11-17T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=29705"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:05:28","slug":"how-to-share-contacts-from-gmail","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/faq\/how-to-share-contacts-from-gmail","title":{"rendered":"How to Share Contacts Directly from Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For quick contact sharing, you don\u2019t need to open Google Contacts or the Shared Contacts app. Everything can be done directly from your Gmail window. This makes it quick and convenient,&nbsp; especially when you\u2019re already communicating with someone new and want to save or share their details right away. This is how you setup contact sharing directly from Gmail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Open the side panel in Gmail.<\/strong> On the right-hand side of your Gmail inbox, activate the side panel if it\u2019s hidden.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"72\" class=\"wp-image-29706\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-2.37.22-PM-e1763391788682.png\" alt=\"Gmail sidebar icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-2.37.22-PM-e1763391788682.png 243w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-2.37.22-PM-e1763391788682-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Click the Google Contacts icon.<\/strong> This will open a compact Contacts view within Gmail.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"88\" class=\"wp-image-29709\" style=\"width: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.43.50-PM.png\" alt=\"Google Kontakte Symbol\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.43.50-PM.png 100w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.43.50-PM-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Edit the contac<\/strong>t. Select the contact from your thread, click <strong>Kontakt bearbeiten<\/strong> to make changes or add missing details such as name, email, phone number, or company.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" class=\"wp-image-29710\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.56.44-PM-e1763395076341.png\" alt=\"Editing Google Contacts from Gmail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.56.44-PM-e1763395076341.png 627w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.56.44-PM-e1763395076341-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.56.44-PM-e1763395076341-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assign a label<\/strong>. Under the profile photo, click <strong>Label<\/strong> and select the shared label where you want this contact to appear. Click <strong>Bewerbung<\/strong> to move the contact to the label.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Save your changes.<\/strong> Klicken Sie auf <strong>Speichern Sie<\/strong> to finalize. The contact will instantly appear in the shared label and become available to your teammates.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"246\" class=\"wp-image-29711\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.59.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Saving Google contact to a label from Gmail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.59.25-PM.png 608w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.59.25-PM-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-5.59.25-PM-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve saved and shared a contact without ever leaving Gmail. It\u2019s a quick and efficient way to keep your address book organized and collaborative right where you already work.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[829],"class_list":["post-29705","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/29705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharedcontacts.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=29705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}