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How To Create a Contact List In SendGrid

Updated on:
May 12, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to build and import a contact list in SendGrid.

Quick summary

Creating a contact list in SendGrid lets you organize your email recipients into targeted groups for more effective campaigns. This step-by-step process covers naming your list, uploading a CSV, and mapping contact fields so your data imports cleanly.


Steps

  1. Go to Marketing → Contacts in the left sidebar.
  2. Click Create > New List to start a new contact list.
  3. Give your list a name and click Save List to create it.
  4. Open your list to begin adding contacts.
  5. Click Upload CSV to import your contacts from a file.
  6. Drag and drop your contact list in CSV format into the upload area.
  7. Click Next: Review CSV Upload to proceed to the review step.
  8. Map all relevant fields and skip any fields that are not needed.
  9. Click Skip Unmapped to ignore any irrelevant unmapped fields.
  10. Finally, hit Next: Add Contacts to complete the import process.

📌 Why this matters

Managing a contact list in SendGrid is a foundational step for any email marketing workflow. By segmenting recipients into named lists and importing contacts via CSV upload, marketers can send targeted campaigns to the right audience with precision. Proper field mapping during import ensures contact data is clean and structured, reducing deliverability issues and improving personalization. This feature is essential for teams scaling their email outreach inside the SendGrid Marketing Campaigns platform.
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