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What if a Contact has more than one email address?
What if a Contact has more than one email address?

How to associate multiple email addresses with the same Contact

Gillian Hood avatar
Written by Gillian Hood
Updated over 2 years ago

Updating a Contact’s email creates a connection between the old email address record and the new one. Once connected, a ‘Switch’ button will appear on the Contact records, which allows you to quickly switch between the two records and view the data and activity gathered from each email address.

You can associate two different email addresses with the same Contact by following the steps below:


1. Search for the name of the Contact.

Search for the name of the Contact.

2. Click on the Contact record.

Click on the Contact record.

3. Click the 3 dots for the 'More Actions' menu.

Click the 3 dots for the 'More Actions' menu.

4. Select 'Update email' from the dropdown.

Select 'Update email' from the dropdown.

5. Search for the Contact's new email address.

If a Contact record for that email already exists in Nexl, select the Contact record from the dropdown. If the record doesn't exist, Nexl will prompt you to create a new Contact record.

Search for the Contact's new email address.

6. Click the 'SET EMAIL' button.

Click the 'SET EMAIL' button.

7. Once added, the 'SWITCH' button will appear on the Contact record.

Once added, the 'SWITCH' button will appear on the Contact record.

8. Clicking the 'SWITCH' button allows you to toggle between the data and activity associated with each email.

Clicking the 'SWITCH' button allows you to toggle between the data and activity associated with each email.
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