How to Create an Email Group in Mail App on Mac

Quick Tips

• This feature lets you share information about event invites, newsletters, student assignments, presentations, and more with a group of contacts.
• Open Contacts > File > New Group.
• In your email group, click the Plus icon > Add Contact.

Create a New Group Using the Contacts App

Like Gmail and Outlook, the Mail app on Mac also lets you send group emails. This feature lets you share information about event invites, newsletters, student assignments, presentations, and more with a group of contacts. You don’t have to keep sending the same email to individual contacts separately.

First, create a new group using the Contacts app on your Mac to create an email group. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Open the Contacts app > click on Contacts > File > New Group. You will notice a new Untitled Group is created under On My Mac.

Step 2: Keep it selected to rename the group as desired and press Return.

You can also click and drag the group name to create it under iCloud.

Add Contacts in Group Using the Contacts App

After creating a new group in the Contacts app, you must add email recipients from your contacts list to the group. If you saved the email ID but not the recipient’s, you can add that to the group. Here’s how.

Step 1: In the Contacts app on your Mac, select All Contacts from the left menu.

Step 2: Once all the saved contacts appear on your screen, drag and drop the contact names from the list to the newly created Contact Group.

If you have more than one email address saved for a contact, the Mail app will select the recently used one while sending the group emails.

If you haven’t saved a contact but want to add it to the group, here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Open the Contacts app on your Mac and select the Contact Group name from the left menu.

Step 2: Click the Plus icon on the left and select New Contact.

Step 3: Add all contact details, including the email address.

Step 4: Click on Done to save the contact in the group.

How to Send Group Email on Mail App

Now that you have created a Contact Group, here’s how to use it to send group emails on the Mail app on Mac.

Step 1: Open the Mail app > click the Compose New Message icon.

Step 2: In the To field, type the name of your Email Group in the Contacts app.

Step 3: Click the prompt suggesting the Email Group name.

Delete Contact From Email Group

If you wish to delete a contact or recipient from your Email Group, here’s how to do it from the Contacts app.

Step 1: Open the Contacts app on your Mac and click on your Email Group name from the left menu.

Step 2: Select the contact to remove from the group and press Delete.

Step 3: Click on Remove From Group to complete the action.

You can also choose to Delete the recipient from your Contacts as well. Click on Delete.

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