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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / June 2005How do I remove a Category from Multiple Contacts?
I have over 6000+ contacts in Outlook 2003. All the contacts have a specific category that I need to remove from their records. Is there a way to do this without opening every single contact? Thanks -Matt Matt, Open Contacts - Select all (Edit - Select All) then Select Categories under the Edit Menu. Remove the check for the category you want to remove. This should remove it from all of your contacts providing they are all selected. After that is done is you want to remove the category completely go back into the Master Category list and remove it.  SignatureFrancine Otterson President, San Diego Outlook User Group >I have over 6000+ contacts in Outlook 2003. All the contacts have a >specific [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -Matt Yes, you can go to the Master Category list under the Edit Menu. Remove the check for the category you no longer need to use or you can completely remove the category from the list. This will affect all Contacts. Regards, SignatureFrancine Otterson President, San Diego Outlook User Group >I have over 6000+ contacts in Outlook 2003. All the contacts have a >specific [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -Matt Actually, removing a category from the master categories list does not make any change at all to existing items. It merely removes it from the master list. To remove a category from multiple items, select them, then right-click the selection and choose Categories. You can then deselect the category that you want to remove from those contacts. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Yes, you can go to the Master Category list under the Edit Menu. Remove > the check for the category you no longer need to use or you can completely [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> -Matt Sue, You are absolutely correct. I definitely missed a step in my instructions of removing the it from the Master list but would need to go back to all pre-existing items to remove the category. Thanks for catching that. Regards, SignatureFrancine Otterson President, San Diego Outlook User Group Actually, removing a category from the master categories list does not make any change at all to existing items. It merely removes it from the master list. To remove a category from multiple items, select them, then right-click the selection and choose Categories. You can then deselect the category that you want to remove from those contacts. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Francine Otterson" <frankie68_mail-outlookmsnewsgroup@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uchZdgMTFHA.336@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > Yes, you can go to the Master Category list under the Edit Menu. Remove > the check for the category you no longer need to use or you can completely [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> -Matt |
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