Add, move, or import contacts

You can relieve names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and more in Google Contacts.

Contacts saved to your Google Account volition sync with Google Contacts and all your Android devices.

Add together a contact

  1. On your estimator, get to Google Contacts.
  2. At the summit left, click Create contact.
  3. Click Create contact or Create multiple contacts.
  4. Enter the contact's data.
  5. Click Save.

Import contacts

From a file

  1. On your reckoner, become to Google Contacts.
  2. At the left, clickImport.
  3. ClickSelect File.
  4. Choose your file.
  5. Click Import.

From a Gmail account

Step 1: Export existing Gmail contacts

  1. On your estimator, go to Google Contacts
  2. At the left, click Export.
  3. Select which contacts to export.
  4. Select Google CSV.
  5. Click Export.
  6. At the top right, click your contour flick and thenSign out.

Stride ii: Import the file

  1. On your computer, go to Google Contacts, then sign in with your other Gmail account.
  2. At the left, click Import.
  3. ClickSelect File.
  4. Choose your file.
  5. Click Import.

Can't import my contacts

You tin can accept problems when:

  • Y'all import more than 3,000 contacts at a time. If y'all have more than 3,000 contacts, split them into multiple CSVs earlier you import them.
  • You attain the limit of 25,000 contacts. Learn about contact size limits.
  • The contacts aren't formatted to work with Google Contacts. Make sure your contacts are saved as a vCard or CSV file.

Tip:If you lot create a CSV, make certain information technology has the right headers. Download a template here.

Control who's automatically saved to your contacts

If you email someone just y'all haven't added them as a contact, Google Contacts automatically saves their email accost in your "Other contacts" group. Their email address will show upwards the adjacent time you email them.

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