RE: How can I remove "United States of America" from contacts?

[Oscar Fowler]

I just had the same problem. Here's a solution I found on several web sites:

While in Outlook's contact list, change the view to "By Location"
(View->Current View->By Location). Now select one or more of the contacts
with USA in the "Country/Region" field and drag them to a contact with a
blank "Country/Region" field. The "Country/Region" will be changed to blank,
but the rest of the information will not be altered.

You have to use the "By Location" view - sorting them by the country field
in a different view won't work the same way!

Good luck,
Oscar

"mrkmstrtt" wrote:
> I have a large number of contacts that i have to put into excel and a lot of
> them show up with "united states of america" as the country - even when they
> are not.
>
> how can i do this? Thanks

[Maisie Walton]

I know I'm 2.5 years late, but THANK YOU!

> On Monday, March 10, 2008 11:08 AM mrkmstrt wrote:

> I have a large number of contacts that i have to put into excel and a lot of
> them show up with "united states of america" as the country - even when they
> are not.
>
> how can i do this? Thanks

>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 11:18 AM Gordon wrote:

>> mrkmstrtt wrote:
>>
>> Filter on the field and delete all the instances of USA....

>>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 12:45 PM mrkmstrt wrote:

>>> I am not sure what you mean by filter. Is this for outlook or for excel?
>>> are there step-by-step directions?
>>>
>>> Thanks Gordon
>>>
>>> "Gordon" wrote:

>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 12:52 PM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

>>>> do you need to remove them from excel or from outlook?
>>>>
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>>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 12:56 PM mrkmstrt wrote:

>>>>> i would like to remove them from outlook.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks, diane
>>>>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

>>>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 2:02 PM Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>> you'll need to edit each one or use a VBA script to remove them in outlook.
>>>>>> see if outlookcode.com has any sample code.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> "mrkmstrtt" <mrkm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Monday, March 10, 2008 2:06 PM Gordon wrote:

>>>>>>> mrkmstrtt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Excel.

>>>>>>>> On Monday, April 28, 2008 10:36 AM OscarFowle wrote:

>>>>>>>> I just had the same problem. Here's a solution I found on several web sites:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> While in Outlook's contact list, change the view to "By Location"
>>>>>>>> (View->Current View->By Location). Now select one or more of the contacts
>>>>>>>> with USA in the "Country/Region" field and drag them to a contact with a
>>>>>>>> blank "Country/Region" field. The "Country/Region" will be changed to blank,
>>>>>>>> but the rest of the information will not be altered.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You have to use the "By Location" view - sorting them by the country field
>>>>>>>> in a different view won't work the same way!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>>>> Oscar
>>>>>>>>
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[Palm Champion]

I'm also 2.5 years late... but, yes, THANKS for this!

>>>>>>> mrkmstrtt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Excel.

>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:35 PM Maisie Walton wrote:

>>>>>>>>> I know I'm 2.5 years late, but THANK YOU!

>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 2:05 PM Palm Champion wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> I'm also 2.5 years late... but, yes, THANKS for this!

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[Chris Tremayne]

Make it an even 3 years for me. Thanks!

[Terrance]

Hello,

I'm almost 4 years late, but with Office 2010, I am unable to use the this
method with any success. Copying one or many contacts to a contact with a
blank country/region is not permitted (the "not-allowed" pictogram appears
as I am dragging the contacts).

I hope someone out there can help put me on the right path.

Thank you.
Terrance.

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[Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]]

It works here. Are you using the By location button and showing in
groups? Straight "By location" is not grouped - you need to group by
location.

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