Consolidate your Contacts
Discover how Dex can help you consolidate your contacts from multiple platforms with this helpful guide. Say goodbye to scattered contacts and hello to unified organization!
Begin by choosing the platforms from which you’d like to import your contacts.
Dex supports importing from Facebook. When you import from Facebook, you can:
Import birthdays: view upcoming birthdays and receive notifications on contacts you care about
Facebook Profile Images: add profile pictures from Facebook to your Dex contacts
Birthday / Calendar integration: with Contact Sync, see all your upcoming birthdays on Google Calendar!
Install the Dex Extension
You’ll be prompted to install the extension if you haven’t already. More information about installing the extension here.
Start the import process
Go to your Import page by going to Settings > Import/export > Import Page and click on Facebook.
Completing the import process
Once the Facebook import process has concluded, you’ll see:
- How many contacts were imported or updated from Facebook
- The number of contacts added from Facebook
Are you looking to selectively import your Facebook Friends? Learn more about importing specific friends through Facebook Dex Extension Integration.
Dex supports importing from Facebook. When you import from Facebook, you can:
Import birthdays: view upcoming birthdays and receive notifications on contacts you care about
Facebook Profile Images: add profile pictures from Facebook to your Dex contacts
Birthday / Calendar integration: with Contact Sync, see all your upcoming birthdays on Google Calendar!
Install the Dex Extension
You’ll be prompted to install the extension if you haven’t already. More information about installing the extension here.
Start the import process
Go to your Import page by going to Settings > Import/export > Import Page and click on Facebook.
Completing the import process
Once the Facebook import process has concluded, you’ll see:
- How many contacts were imported or updated from Facebook
- The number of contacts added from Facebook
Are you looking to selectively import your Facebook Friends? Learn more about importing specific friends through Facebook Dex Extension Integration.
Dex can seamlessly integrate with LinkedIn. After connecting your LinkedIn account:
🔨Your LinkedIn connections will seamlessly integrate with Dex, staying consistently updated. We’ll automatically refresh your contacts’ titles, profile pictures, and more, ensuring everything stays current.
📧 Receive notifications whenever your LinkedIn connections update their titles. When they embark on new career journeys, seize the perfect chance to reconnect!
Install the Dex Extension
You’ll be prompted to install the extension if you haven’t already. More information about installing the extension here.
Sync your LinkedIn account to Dex
Go to Sync & Integrations page by going to Menu (top-right corner) -> Sync & Integrations.
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After setting up LinkedIn Sync, the following data will be synced every 3-5 days:
- Title
- Bio
- Work experience
- Education history
- Location
- Company
Changes in your connections’ profiles will be synced every 3-5 days.
Are you looking to selectively import your LinkedIn Connections? Learn more about importing specific connections through LinkedIn Dex Extension Integration.
Looking to import a contact you’ve recently exchanged emails with? You can import your contacts from Gmail, Outlook, and more!
Starting the Import process
You can get started by going to the Import page.
Select your source
You have a lot of option to import your contacts from. If you don’t see your mail client, try clicking on ‘Other Sources’ to see more options.
Choose your contacts
You will be asked to select the contacts you want to import. Do a ‘Select All’ if you want to import all of it.
You can do the import flow multiple times and do a Merge and Fix if there are duplicates.
Accessing Phone Import
You can import your phone contacts directly from the home screen or in the settings menu.
Import Process
The Dex app will ask you for permission to access your contacts. You can then select from a list of your phone contacts in alphabetical order that you would like to add to Dex. After you have selected your contacts to import, you have the option to set keep-in-touch reminders so you won’t forget to reach out.
Things to know:
- Groups cannot be imported. See the Groups section if you want to organize your contacts through Groups.
- You can also follow this guide in importing your Google Contacts (Google Contacts will appear as Phone Contacts)
- Once the import is done, the contact’s photos will be imported as well.
- Dex and the imported contacts from your Google Contacts have a one-way sync. This means any changes done in Dex will reflect in your Google Contacts but not the other way around. (One-way Sync only works with Google Contacts)
- Error: “Unable to load Mac Contacts” when uploading .ABBU file - Upload the address book to your iPhone and import the contacts from the mobile application through the “Import from Phone” option.
Whether you’re bringing contacts from Notion, Airtable, or another CRM, you can also import contacts as a .CSV file.
Starting the Import Process
To get started, navigate to the Import page by going to Menu (top-right) and select Import. On the Import page, select ‘CSV File for contacts’.
Upload your CSV file
Click on the ‘Select File’ button and choose the CSV file.
Assign the fields and columns
Assign each header accordingly so Dex saves the data in the right field.
Things to know:
- Dex tries to match generously based on header names of the file, so ‘first_name,’ ‘First name,’ and ‘Name’ should all be matched correctly.
- In the import from CSV function, there’s a field called Group/Tags. They need to be separated either comma- or by the ’:::’ string (both work).
- If you’re importing from an Outlook CSV or Google Contacts CSV export, no changes are needed.
CSV Schema/Format
If you’re downloading from another tool, we recommend the following basic header format for CSV files:
- Name
- Title
- Description
- Phone
- Company
- Education
- Tags
- Group (for CSV import, you can only import one group)
- Birthday (Use common formats, like 2/20/2000 or Feb 20)
- Location (Use a plain string value, like ‘New York City’ or ‘SF’)
- Last Interaction (Use common formats, like 2/20/2000 or Feb 20)
- LinkedIn Url
- Twitter Url
- Facebook Url
Dex Extension has integrations with several platforms. This is a good way to selectively import contacts from a specific source.
Learn more about Dex Extension by checking our guide!
Install the Dex Extension
Download and install the Dex for Chrome extension You should see this if the installation was successful:
Importing Contacts
Visit the contact’s profile and look for the Dex icon. If you don’t see it, a simple refresh should get it to appear.
Sources Supported
Whether from a networking event or your decades-old rolodex, business cards still are a common way to exchange contact information. Dex makes it seamless to work with (and digitize) business cards.
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From Dex mobile app home screen, tap the burger icon (bottom right of the screen) and select ‘Scan Card’.
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We’ll automatically read and detect card information, and pre-fill a form you can submit and edit.
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A picture of the business card will also be saved to the new contact — you’ll always have a record.
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