Method 1: Export vCard from iCloud (Any Platform Web Browser)

Launch Settings on your iPhone, open iCloud then toggle on Contacts, which will sync your contacts to iCloud.On your computer, sign into iCloud, then open the Contacts web app, select a contact then press Control + A or Command + A on your keyboard to select all contacts. Click the cog menu, then click Export vCard.Save the vCard file to your hard disk.

Method 2: Export Contacts from iTunes (Windows)

If you have iTunes installed on a Windows computer, you can skip the iCloud step by pulling your contacts directly off your phone. (Note: If you are already syncing your iPhone contacts with iCloud, you will need to toggle this off in Settings > iCloud.)

Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes. Open the device page, then choose to sync your contacts with the Windows Contacts.In iTunes, click Apply then Sync.Open your personal folder. A quick way to do this is to press Windows key + R, type: %userprofile% then hit Enter.Open the Contacts folder, click Export on the command bar, select vCards then click Export.

Method 3: Export iOS Contacts from Desktop macOS Contacts (macOS)

If you are running macOS, your contacts are already synced to your desktop, and you don’t have to go to iCloud.com on the web.

Open the Contacts app, then click File > Export > Export vCard.

Import vCard Contacts from iOS into Gmail

The Android OS will automatically sync with your Google account. So, when you upload your contacts to Gmail, they’ll transfer over to your Android device. Do these steps on a computer.

Log into your Gmail account, click the Gmail menu then click Contacts.Click the Import menu; this will launch the Import contacts from other accounts wizard. Click the CSV or vCard file option.Because the new Google Contacts service does not support importing vCard files directly, Google will direct you to use the old Contacts service. Click Go to Old Contacts.In the old Contacts service, click the Import Contacts link, browse to where you stored the vCard file, then click Import.

Your contacts are now in Gmail, which will automatically sync with the Android operating system.

Migrate Contacts from Android to iOS

For users migrating from Android to iOS, the process is just as easy. To do this, you’ll export the .vcf file from Gmail and then import it into iCloud.

Log into Gmail, open Contacts, and select all contacts (click the check mark button in the top-right). Click the More menu then click Export.Choose vCard, click Export then save to your hard disk.Sign into iCloud, open Contacts web app, click the Cog menu and click Import vCard. Select the vCard file then Click Open. 

Conclusion

As you can see, it’s fairly simple to export contacts from your iPhone and import them to your Android phone (and vice versa). The vCard format allows all your contact details to be quickly and easily transferred across platforms. Tell us what you think! Is this something you often do? What is your mobile setup like, are you exclusively Android or iOS or do you bounce between both now and then? Comment

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