Manually import contacts to Drove
- To import contacts manually, navigate to your contacts tab on Drove
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- Select +import contacts
- Keep Typing email addresses manually selected and click next on the top right corner.
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- Type or copy/paste email addresses in the text field.
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**Be sure to separate email addresses by placing a comma or semicolon between each one.
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- When finished, click Next.
- You must have delivery permission from all the people you are importing. To continue, tick the checkbox You have permission to send emails to all imported contacts.
![05_-_permission.png](https://support.drove.com/galleryDocuments/edbsnb3d815c462a2073e23c62633e01e1f08074208d84da2a4e6ffc0e7ead1fd7c3b568ea1d12e54abb0abbe58af6aa3ad11?inline=true)
- You can add a label to define this group of contacts (not mandatory) - To add a label, click on the button +Add labels
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- On the search line type the label name you wish to apply on the imported contacts
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- To add this as a label click +Create new label
- click Done to finish
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- Now you can either delete some label you've added or continue to import by clicking Next
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** Don't forget to tick the checkbox you have permission
- Now the importing process will begin. This might take a few minutes. You may leave this page - we will send you an email when the import is completed. Leaving the page won’t disturb the process.
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- When finished, you'll see this screen
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- Click View Imported Contacts to go to your updated contacts list.
- You will also receive an email confirmation in your inbox.
![email_import.png](https://support.drove.com/galleryDocuments/edbsn56047fe97d11f6d7667f7527852f7d25c4e751c8d38c1f5adf78836b2b7d890428299b9c3c859a38b82ee424ae9740ad?inline=true)
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