Managing contacts

The address book (Contacts) is used in Mail to manage contacts. To open it, click More → Contacts on the top panel.

Add a contact

The address book is automatically created from the addresses that you have corresponded with in the past. If you don't want to import contacts automatically, open the Contacts menu, disable Import contacts automatically, and save your changes.

You can also add an address manually, using any of the following methods:

  • In the address book interface.Click Add contact, fill in the fields in the contact editing window, and save the changes.
  • On the contact card when reading messages. Open the message and left-click on the sender's name. In the window that opens, click Add to Contacts.
  • By importing contacts.

If the contact name is not specified clearly and the recipient replied to you, the address book will use the name that the recipient specified in their mail settings.

  1. Click .

  2. Fill out the fields in the contact editing window.

  3. Tap Done to save changes.

If the contact name isn't specified clearly and the recipient replied to you, the address book will use the name they specified in their mail settings.

Change a contact

You can change contact information — name, email address, phone number, date of birth — using one of these methods:

  • In the address book interface. Choose a contact from the list and click Edit, enter new contact information, and save changes.
  • On the contact card when reading messages. Open the message and left-click on the sender's name. In the new window, click Edit, enter the new contact information, and save changes.
  • In the address book interface. Choose a contact from the list. In the top right corner, tap → Edit contact, enter new contact details, and save the changes.
  • On the contact card when reading messages. Open the email and tap the sender's name. In the top right corner, tap → Edit contact, enter new contact details, and save the changes.

Delete contact

To remove a contact from the address book, click on their profile picture in the list and select Delete in the top menu.

  • In the address book interface. Choose a contact from the list. In the top right corner, tap → Delete contact.
  • On the contact card when reading messages. Open the email and tap the sender's name. In the top right corner, tap → Delete contact.

Groups of contacts

Write an email to a group of contacts

To send messages to several contacts at the same time without entering their addresses, you can put contacts into groups and then you will only need to enter the group's name in the To field.

Add a contact to a group

  1. Select the contacts you need.
  2. Click Add to group.
  3. Select the group you need from the list or create a new one.

Note

Contacts can be added to several groups at one time.

Remove a contact from a group

  1. Open the group you need from the list on the left side of the page.
  2. Select the contacts you want to remove from the group.
  3. Click Remove from group.

Alert

Contacts removed from groups will still remain in the address book. To remove a contact from the address book, click Delete contact.

Manage a group

Any group can be renamed or deleted. To open the settings, hover over the group name in the list of groups on the left. Click the customize link that appears.

You can also manage contact groups in More → Contacts.

Importing and exporting contacts

VCard format files are used to import and export contacts between Yandex Mail and other mail services and clients.

To export contacts from your Yandex Mail address book, go to Contacts, click More in the top menu, and select Export contacts to file. In the window that opens, click Save. All personal contacts from your address book will be saved to your computer as a vCard file.

To import contacts to your Yandex Mail address book, go to Contacts, click More in the top menu, and select Import contacts from file. Open the desired vCard file and click Save.

Exporting contacts from different email clients

Mozilla Thunderbird
  1. Click Address book.
  2. In the address book window, go to Tools → Export.
  3. Enter a file name, select the vCard format, and choose a path to save the file to.
  4. Click Save. You can import the saved file to the address book in Yandex Mail or any other email client.
The Bat!
  1. Go to Tools → Address book.
  2. In the address book window, select File → Export to → Business card (vCard v2.1).
  3. Enter a file name, select the Vcard electronic business card (VCF) format, and choose a path to save the file.
  4. Click Save. You can import the saved file to the address book in Yandex Mail or any other email client.

Syncing contacts

The CardDAV protocol is used for providing access to contacts.

Syncing with an address book on a mobile device

You can sync contacts in Yandex Mail with your smartphone's address book. To do this, create a CardDAV account and configure it on your mobile device:

Android

Step 1. Create an app password

  1. Open the App passwords page in Yandex ID and click Create a new password.

  2. Select the Contacts app type and come up with a password name so you can easily find it in the list later. For example, you may enter the name of the app you're creating the password for.

  3. Click Create. The app password will be displayed in a pop-up window.

    Warning

    The password is only shown once. If you entered it incorrectly and closed the window, delete the current password and create a new one.

Step 2. Configure the app for syncing

  1. Download and install an app that supports the CardDAV protocol. You can find such an app on Google Play by searching for carddav.

Note

Here's a general guide to the process. Please note that your app's interface may look different.

  1. Open the app and proceed to add a CardDAV account.

  2. To add your account, choose the option that uses a URL and your username.

  3. Set the following parameters:

    • Base URL: carddav.yandex.ru
    • Username: your_username@yandex.ru
    • Password: The app password created in the previous step

  4. Confirm that the information is correct and create the account.

Step 3. Add contacts from Yandex Mail to phone contacts

  1. Create a new contact with any name on your mobile device. When creating it, select CardDAV in the Save to your account section.
  2. Open the Contacts page in the browser.
  3. Add the required contacts to the Phone contacts group.
  4. Open Contacts app on your mobile device.
  5. Swipe the screen up to update the address book.
iOS

Step 1. Create an app password

  1. Open the App passwords page in Yandex ID and click Create a new password.

  2. Select the Contacts app type and come up with a password name so you can easily find it in the list later. For example, you may enter the name of the app you're creating the password for.

  3. Click Create. The app password will be displayed in a pop-up window.

    Alert

    The password is only shown once. If you entered it incorrectly and closed the window, delete the current password and create a new one.

Step 2. Add a CardDAV account

Note

The following instructions are for iOS version 14. In other versions, some steps may be different.

  1. Go to Settings → Contacts → Accounts.

  2. Select Other from the list.

  3. Click New account.

  4. Select CardDAV account.

  5. Set the following parameters:

    • Server: carddav.yandex.ru
    • User: your_username@yandex.ru
    • Password: The app password created in the previous step
    • Advanced: Port 443 (recommended) or `8443```.

  6. Tap Next.

Step 3. Add phone contacts to CardDAV

  1. Go to Settings → Contacts.
  2. Select the default account carddav.yandex.ru.

Step 4. Add contacts from Yandex Mail to phone contacts

  1. Create a new contact with any name on your mobile device.
  2. Go to Contacts in the Yandex Mail settings.
  3. Add the required contacts to the Phone contacts group.
  4. Open Contacts app on your mobile device.
  5. Swipe the screen down to update the address book.

The contacts from your smartphone will appear in Yandex Mail.

Warning

Only contacts saved to a CardDAV account when created will be synchronized from the mobile device address book. Contacts saved to a smartphone's memory or another account won't be synced with Yandex Mail.

Syncing contacts in desktop email clients

If you manage emails in an email client installed on your computer, you can sync the email client's address book with the Yandex Mail contacts.

Below are the general steps for setting up contact sync (the interface of your email client may look different):

  1. Create a new address book in your email client, selecting CardDAV as the book type.

  2. Specify the following for the address book:

    • Username: your_username@yandex.ru
    • Server address: carddav.yandex.ru

  3. To log in, enter the app password that you created when setting up the email client.

    Note

    If you can't remember your app password, delete it from the App passwords page in Yandex ID and create a new one.

  4. In the properties of your address book, set the syncing parameters (such as frequency) if they're available in your email client.

Some contacts have disappeared from a synced address book

Previously, Yandex Mail synced contacts were all placed into a single address book. Now, they're divided into separate books to make finding contacts easier. Legacy address books have been converted to personal ones. Shared organization contacts have been removed from them.

To restore your contacts, remove the legacy address book from your email client and sync your contacts again.

Searching for contacts

Use the integrated search, which supports direct and reverse transliteration of names and surnames, to quickly find a contact in your address book. For example, to search for “Bill the Lizard”, you can start typing the name using either the Latin “B” or the Cyrillic “Б”.

When composing a message, if you enter the first letters of a name, surname, or email addresses in the To field, you will see a list of matching contacts in pop-up messages. The contacts you recently sent messages to are listed first.

Contact card

To view additional information about a contact, left-click the sender's address when reading messages.

You can add a phone number, date of birth, or comment by clicking Edit in the contact's card.

From the contact card, you can also view all messages you received from this sender, create a rule for all similar messages, or send the address to the blacklist.

You can view information about each contact in their contact card. To view it, tap the contact's name in the address book or on the email reading page.

You can use the contact card to:

  • View your email history.
  • Search emails by attachments, folder, date, sender, recipient, content, or other filters.
  • Create a new message quickly.
  • Make an appointment in Yandex Calendar.
  • Start a chat in Yandex Messenger (only for companies).
  • Call the sender on their specified phone number.
Contact support

A protocol for syncing contacts between different devices and apps.

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