# Keep separate address books

To add an address book, open **Contacts**, open the **Addressbook** drop-down at the top right and choose **Add New AddressBook**. Enter a name of up to 30 characters and save. Pick a book in the drop-down to work in it. Your **PERSONAL** address book is always there and cannot be deleted.

## How to keep separate address books

1. Click the **Contacts** icon in the top bar.
2. Open the **Addressbook** drop-down at the top right and choose **Add New AddressBook**.
3. Enter the **Addressbook Name** and save.
4. Choose the address book in the drop-down to add groups and contacts to it.
5. To remove an address book you created, select it and click **Delete**.

## When to use it

> Rohit, a sales manager at acme.in, keeps colleagues in PERSONAL and creates a DISTRIBUTORS address book for 300 dealer contacts, so dealer groups stay separate from his day-to-day contacts.

## Good to know

<div class="callout limit"><div><b>Deleting an address book deletes everything in it.</b> All its groups and contacts are removed. XgenPlus asks you to confirm first.</div></div>

- Names can use letters in any language, numbers, hyphens and underscores.
- Address books that colleagues shared with you also appear in the drop-down, with the owner's address after the name. They have an **Unshare** button instead of **Delete**.

Source: https://docs.xgenplus.com/contacts/separate-address-books/