As an additional backup, you can transfer contacts from iphone to gmail using 3 different methods as below.
transfer contacts from iphone to google
as mentioned above, a good reason to transfer contacts from iphone to gmail is to make sure that a backup of your contacts is available on a reliable service like gmail, backed by google.
The first two methods as below require you to add gmail account on iphone, while the third method allows you to transfer contacts from iphone without adding your gmail account to iphone.
1. sync iphone contacts with gmail
If you already have a gmail account on iphone, all you need to transfer contacts from iphone to gmail is just enable the option to sync contacts with gmail.
on your iphone, go to settings > contacts > accounts > gmail > On the next screen, toggle the switch next to Contacts to the On position.
after this, you will be able to find all iphone contacts in your gmail account.
2. transfer contacts from iphone to gmail using settings
If you don’t have a gmail account on iphone, you can follow the steps below to add your gmail account to iphone, after which you can sync contacts with gmail.
go to settings > contacts > accounts > add account > on the next screen, select google.
enter your gmail address > enter the password of the gmail account and touch next.
On the next screen, move the slider next to contacts to the on position and tap the save option.
3. transfer contacts from iphone to gmail using icloud
If you don’t want to add your gmail account to iphone, you can download icloud contacts to computer as a .vcf file and import this file to your gmail account.
step 1. sync iphone contacts with icloud
By default, iPhone contacts are set to sync with iCloud (unless you have disabled this option). follow the steps below to make sure iphone contacts sync with icloud.
open settings on your iphone > tap your apple id > icloud > move the slider next to contacts to the on position.
this makes sure all your iphone contacts are available in icloud.
step 2. download iphone contacts from icloud to computer
on your mac/pc, go to icloud.com and sign in to your icloud account > once you are in icloud, click on the contacts icon.
On the next screen, click the gear icon and then click the select all option in the menu that appears.
with all icloud contacts selected, click the gear icon again and select the export vcard option.
On the next screen, select the desktop as the download location for the .vcf file and click the save button.
all your icloud contacts will be downloaded to your computer as a .vcf file.
step 3. upload iphone contacts from computer to gmail
using mac/pc, access your gmail account > click the google apps icon and select the contacts app from the dropdown menu.
on the google contacts screen, scroll down and click the import option on the side menu.
In the pop-up window, click the select file button and select the contacts file (.vcf file) from your computer that you want to upload to gmail.
On the next screen, select the contact file (.vcf file) you want to import and click choose.
once the file is selected, click on the import option.
This will transfer all your iphone contacts from your computer to your gmail account.
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