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How to merge multiple address books

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Dave Sause
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I apologize if this is a repeat question, but a search of help said there were 845 "hits" on the search, which I had to view one at a time.

I am using Thunderbird 78.4.0 (64 bit) which I believe is current version running under lastest Windows 10 Home. I have migrated from Outlook and now I have three address books: Personal Address Book, Contacts (This PC) and Collected Addresses. Logically I would like to merge them into one address book, like Contacts.

Is this possible, and how do I go about it?

I apologize if this is a repeat question, but a search of help said there were 845 "hits" on the search, which I had to view one at a time. I am using Thunderbird 78.4.0 (64 bit) which I believe is current version running under lastest Windows 10 Home. I have migrated from Outlook and now I have three address books: Personal Address Book, Contacts (This PC) and Collected Addresses. Logically I would like to merge them into one address book, like Contacts. Is this possible, and how do I go about it?

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Personal Address Book and Collected Addresses are defaults and can't be removed or renamed. But you can move contacts between books by drag and drop, or copy if Ctrl is pressed at the same time. All Address Books shows all contacts, but it's not an actual address book - more like a search result.

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Personal Address Book and Collected Addresses are defaults and can't be removed or renamed. But you can move contacts between books by drag and drop, or copy if Ctrl is pressed at the same time. All Address Books shows all contacts, but it's not an actual address book - more like a search result.

Dave Sause
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Thanks, I should of realized I could have just collapsed "all". Duh!

brijohnnow
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I had this problem, including seeing too many questions which had a possible chance of being a solution. It would be nice if there was a "Wiki" (probably is but I couldn't find such) which was a first-stop shop.

Anyway, thank you, that solution was excellent news.