In addition to being a client for PCs, Outlook is also available as an application for mobile phones and tablets. Set up Outlook with Gmail on mobile phones and tablets
GO Contact Sync Mod supports two-way contact syncing and one-way syncing (that is, Outlook to Gmail only or Gmail to Outlook).
Occasionally it may stop working due to changes made to Gmail or Outlook, but usually developers "fix" the software in no time. If in addition to mail you want to configure the Gmail address book in Outlook, I'm sorry but you have to resort to external solutions.Īmong the software that allows you to synchronize contacts between Outlook and Gmail is GO Contact Sync Mod, which is completely free, open source and is compatible with all versions of Office from 2003 to 2016.
How to sync contacts between Outlook and Gmail
To check that everything has gone well I suggest you take a look at the section Incoming mail making sure your emails are present and / or sending a new email. I went through the steps indicated and completed the fields displayed on the screen, as I suggested that you should finally be able to configure Outlook with Gmail on your PC.
Note that if XNUMX-Step Verification is enabled on your Google account, you may be required to create a specific password to set up Outlook with Gmail.Īfter entering the required data, press Next, wait for the servers to be verified and if everything went well click the button finalize to finalize the account setup.
Once this is done, the setup procedure for incoming and outgoing mail will begin.Īt this point, to set up Outlook with Gmail, you will be asked to provide some information about yourself and your Google email address: First name, email es password to access the account (to login twice).
If, on the other hand, it is not the first time you have used Outlook on your PC after starting the program, first click on the button Archive placed top left, then in account settings twice in a row and finally in New. If it is your intention to understand how to configure Outlook with Gmail on your PC and if you are starting the email client for the first time, know that the program itself will request the configuration of an email account through a 'special guided procedure and simple. If you have activated Two-step verificationYou must generate an app-specific password, but in some cases this is not allowed for less secure apps (so you may need to disable XNUMX-Step Verification, and I personally advise against this). On the page that opens, click the item Access and security, put in ON options lever Allow less secure apps (at the bottom of the page) and that's it. Com, log into your Google account (if necessary) and first click on Your photo in the upper right and then the button Personal account to access the administration panel of your account.
Microsoft Outlook is considered by Google as "Less secure application" As it does not meet the latest security standards for accessing email mailboxes, this means that to use it you must enable support for less secure applications in your Gmail account. At this point, go to section IMAP access In the Gmail admin panel, place the check mark next to the item Enable IMAP (if it's not there yet) and click on the button Save cambios located at the bottom to save changes and enable both IMAP and POP3 support in Gmail.