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How to Manage Contact Emails (Primary and Secondary) in HubSpot

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This guide will show you how to remove a secondary email address or set a secondary email as the primary email for a contact in HubSpot.

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Here's how to manage contact emails (primary and secondary) in HubSpot

  1. Access Contact Records

    Navigate to the 'Contacts' section within the CRM menu on the left sidebar. This is where all your contact records are stored.

  2. Select a Contact

    Choose the specific contact record you want to modify from the displayed list. Clicking on their name will open their detailed profile.

  3. Open Email Management

    On the contact's profile page, locate the 'About this contact' section and click on the email address field to reveal options for managing emails.

  4. Remove a Secondary Email

    In the email management popover, find the secondary email you wish to remove and click the 'Delete' button next to it.

  5. Confirm Email Deletion

    A confirmation dialog will appear. Click 'Delete email' to permanently remove the secondary email address from the contact's record.

  6. Set a Secondary Email as Primary

    Alternatively, to change the primary email, click the 'Make primary' button next to the secondary email you want to promote.

  7. Verify Primary Email Change

    The system will automatically swap the primary and secondary email statuses. The newly designated primary email will appear at the top of the list.

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Frequently Asked Questions

You can find the email management options by clicking on the email address field within the 'About this contact' section of a contact's profile.