# Gmail: where is the link to my contacts list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892 "2011-11-14T15:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/1 "2011-11-14T15:41:17Z")
Suddenly the link that used to be right near the top on the left side that said “Contacts” is gone. I can manually go to [www.google.com/contacts](http://www.google.com/contacts) but I want my link! Did it move somewhere and I can’t find it? Did they remove it? Am I blind? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/2 "2011-11-14T15:55:40Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Suddenly the link that used to be right near the top on the left side that said “Contacts” is gone. I can manually go to [www.google.com/contacts](http://www.google.com/contacts) but I want my link! Did it move somewhere and I can’t find it? Did they remove it? Am I blind? It’s hidden in a dropdown menu. Look for where it says “Mail” on the left towards the top. Click on that and you will see links to both your contacts and your tasks. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/3 "2011-11-14T16:07:24Z")
Aha! You’re right! Why’d they go and hide it like that? Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/4 "2011-11-14T16:16:29Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Aha! You’re right! Why’d they go and hide it like that? Stupid. Because it’s “clean.” I swear, Zuckerberg is the new Steve Jobs – everyone wants to copy him. The funny thing is that I go into my contacts list so infrequently that I’ve already forgotten where they hid it at least a couple times now. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/5 "2011-11-14T22:42:25Z")
I don’t like the icons replacing text, either. I like to see the word “Delete”… I’m not in kindergarten; I don’t need a picture of a trash can to get the idea across to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/6 "2011-11-14T23:33:01Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I don’t like the icons replacing text, either. I like to see the word “Delete”… I’m not in kindergarten; I don’t need a picture of a trash can to get the idea across to me. You can hover over it and you still get the words. I think too much text clutters up a page, so generally I’m in favor of eliminating text where it’s not needed. Of course, if the icons aren’t clear and intuitive enough that you can’t really tell what it’s for without hovering anyway, then that might be a problem (though the trash can is certainly the most straightforward of the bunch). And of course there’s the issue that mobile devices have no such thing as a hover. ---
**Author:** ![louisfr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@louisfr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/louisfr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/7 "2013-05-24T07:10:32Z")
My version has an open book at BOTTOM left - that’s the Contact List ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/8 "2013-05-24T07:31:48Z")
[Link to thread about resurrecting zombie threads, which points back to here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16319481#post16319481) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/9 "2013-05-24T09:00:13Z")
> [@louisfr](#): > > My version has an open book at BOTTOM left - that’s the Contact List Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, **louisfr**. The OP, **OpalCat** , won’t be needing this information any more. [She died a few months ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684883). ---
**Author:** ![louisfr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@louisfr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/louisfr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/10 "2013-05-24T09:08:53Z")
Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/11 "2013-05-24T09:13:16Z")
> [@louisfr](#): > > Sorry about that. Aww thanks. And welcome to the SDMB! 🙂 There are plenty more questions need answering… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/12 "2013-05-24T10:51:58Z")
Please pardon my poor manners, **louisfr** , and welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-where-is-the-link-to-my-contacts-list/602892/13 "2013-05-24T12:48:35Z")
Really, way to bring down a guest… If anything, even a zombie **OpalCat** thread brings warm feelings. Maybe one should be summoned on principle every so often. Hi **louisfr**!