I used to be able to add multiple email addresses for a single contact to a group label. Now – you can just add the label to the contact and it selects just one email address to use. How do I get back the 'old functionality'?
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- From contacts list, click on the contact you want to manage.
- At the top are tabs with the groups the contact is associated with.
- If this contact has multiple addresses, there will be a menu associated with the group.
- Pull down the menu (little arrow) and choose which addresses should be used for the group.
It seems that this method is working with the old version of the contacts list. If you don't see the set of group tabs at the top of the contact page, go to the menu on the left side and look for the option that says Leave the contacts preview. Clicking that should take you to a version of the list that allows you to edit the group contact addresses as I explained.
No Gmail will make a duplicate contact out of it, which you will have to merge 'manually'.
Luckily this is a very easy process, though it may take some time if you don't keep up with it.
Gmail even helps you find duplicates if their name doesn't change much. Else you just have to select them both and click [Merge]
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Best Answer
The "old functionality" was discontinued, with the introduction of the new label system. The only workaround is to split email addresses and have it each per contact and then label/group them individually.