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Delegate your Google contacts to colleagues

Sharing your Google contacts with a colleague is as easy as sharing a Calendar. Here's how you do it.

Sharing a Google Calendar is probably second nature to most Google Apps users, but did you know you can also share your Google Contacts?

To share your contacts you will need to delegate them to a colleague, in doing so you can set sharing permissions much like a Google Document allowing them to only view your contacts or view and edit. Follow the steps below to delegate your contacts.

  • Open your Contacts page and click on the More button.
  • Choose Manage delegation settings from the dropdown menu.
  • In the Sharing settings box choose a universal permission and/or choose individual colleagues, selecting the type of permission they have.
  • If you have added a person, you can now email them to let them know they have access.
  • Click Share & save then Done.
Your colleague will now have a Delegated Contacts menu item when they open their Contacts page.
Let us know what you think of this feature in the comments below. If you'd like to see a slideshow of screenshots of this tip, click the image above.

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Berkay Alper
Hi, I can see the delegated contacts, but I cannot put them new labels, so they do not sync to my iphone... Can I solve this?
01 April at 14:35 • Reply to this comment
Nadya Salcedo
The option to delegate does not exist. Is this function still working?
16 January at 21:37 • Reply to this comment
Mark Williams Hi Nadya, Yes, this feature is still working. Do you have Google Apps for Business? It may be that the free version doesn't include this functionality. gAppsTips
17 January at 15:28
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