How To Move Contacts Using Icloud

Export your icloud contacts to a csv file 1.

How to move contacts using icloud. If you turn off icloud contacts your information won t automatically move from icloud back to your device. When you re finished choose close. If you want to export multiple contacts click a single name first. Open settings app on your iphone in ios 11. Navigate to and choose the vcf file that you exported from icloud then choose open.

Follow the steps until you see the apps data screen then tap restore from icloud backup. Then place your mouse cursor over the final contact you want to export press and hold the shift key and then click the last contact. A hello screen should appear. Sign in to icloud with your apple id and password. Return to settings click icloud and turn off the contacts to icloud sync.

Import contacts from another icloud account on your iphone go to settings apple id and log in with another icloud account. If you ve already set up your new device you need to erase it before you can use these steps follow the steps until you see the wi fi screen. When you turn on icloud contacts all of the information stored on separate devices uploads to icloud. Tap on your name icloud. Open contacts go into groups and uncheck icloud contacts.

Log in to your icloud account and click on contacts. It will let you view all of your icloud contacts on your screen. Assess how many aren t on icloud and delete them individually. With the simple steps above you can move your iphone. For each contact you want to import to the csv file choose ok.

Click the gear icon and then select export vcard in the pop up menu. If you see the sider become green it means you successfully open contacts and iphone contacts will be synced with icloud. After that go to icloud and turn contacts on. Toggle on contacts and choose merge to merge all your iphone contacts existing on your iphone with the contacts saved in icloud. Then follow the steps below to back up iphone contacts to icloud.