Work with contact items
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
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The ContactItem class contains the methods and properties you use to perform tasks with contacts.
| Task | Procedure |
|---|---|
| Retrieve all contacts whose last name contains a specified string. | How to: Programmatically access Outlook contacts |
| Search for a contact by first and last name. | How to: Programmatically search for a specific contact |
| Create a new contact and fill in contact information. | How to: Programmatically add an entry to Outlook contacts |
| Search for contacts whose e-mail address contains a specific domain. | How to: Programmatically search for an email address in contacts |
| Delete a contact that has a specified name. | How to: Programmatically delete Outlook contacts |
For more information about Outlook tasks and the Outlook object model, see Outlook object model overview.