Export Thunderbird address book to Outlook

Mozilla Thunderbird is one of the widely used email clients that come with an Address Book feature where the users can manage their contacts. However, in case you want to switch from Mozilla Thunderbird to Microsoft Outlook, you will have to migrate your contacts too.

But there is no need to worry because there are some simple ways through which you can import Thunderbird contacts to Outlook. The contacts in Thunderbird can be exported in CSV, LDIF, and TAB format whereas the contacts in Outlook can be imported from CSV files.We are going to learn how to import Thunderbird contacts to Outlook and why we are looking for this conversion.

Why Export Thunderbird Address Book to Outlook? 

There are several reasons why a user need to move address book from Thunderbird to Outlook.

• Users move from Thunderbird to Outlook for its advanced features like smooth handling of emails, integration with its applications and for better compatibility.

• You can export your address book to transfer your saved contacts to a new device, instead of manually recreating each entry.

• Exporting contacts to a CSV or other format saves important information from accidental deletion, software failure, or damage to your computer.

• The move to Outlook helps users access email, contacts, calendars and tasks from one central application.

• Exporting contacts helps to keep important personal and business information available when you migrate from an email client or system. 

How to Export Thunderbird Address Book to Outlook.

Mozilla Thunderbird provides an in-built option to export contacts and address books to Outlook supported formats. Also you can convert Thunderbird address book to Outlook 2021, 2019, 2016, or earlier versions. 

Follow these steps to migrate Thunderbird address book to Outlook. This method complete into two process

Process 1:

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird application on your system.

2. Click on the Address Book tab and select the address book you want to export.

3. Right-click or three dots on it and select Export.

4. Now browse the location to save the file and you can choose types of saving a file ( .CSV, Tab Delimited UTF-8, LDIF or vCard).
   

Process 2: Import Thunderbird Address book to Outlook.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook.

2. Go to the File tab and click on Open & Export.

3. Click on Import/Export and choose the Import from Another Program or a File.

4. Select the file type : Comma Separated Values and click on Next.

5. Now, browse the location where the Thunderbird address book exported. Click on Next.

6. Select the folder in which you want to import the Address book.

7. Repeat above all steps for each address book.
   

Drawbacks of this manual process:

• Mozilla Thunderbird and Outlook pre-installed in its working condition.

• It takes more time to export each address book to Outlook one by one. 

Conclusion:

Exporting an address book from Thunderbird to Outlook is simple and easy to use with the Export/Import method. With this method, you can export your address book or contacts from Thunderbird and import them into the Microsoft Outlook folders. 

Also you can save your address book into many formats like CSV, LIDF, Vcard, and others but Outlook imports only CSV files. One by one exporting each Thunderbird address book to Outlook, takes some time and patience.

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