It so happens that most of my contacts are saved in Gmail. I used to struggle every time I had to transfer Google contacts to my iPhone. It turns out that with the help of one tool I can sync Google contacts with iPhone within minutes!

About Google Contacts and iPhone synchronization solutions. Google Contacts is Google's contact management tool that is available in its free email service Gmail, as a standalone service, and as a part of Google's business-oriented suite of web apps Google Apps. Office 365 contacts on an iPhone - what's the trouble? The problem with getting your Office 365 contacts on an iPhone, while using the Outlook app, is this: Apple doesn't allow third party apps (in this case Microsoft Outlook) to write directly to the phone's contacts.

This quick guide shows exactly how to import Gmail contacts to iPhone using CopyTrans Contacts.

Get the hang of it with our text guide and YouTube tutorial:

Transfer Google contacts to iPhone

1. Log in to your Google account and navigate to Google Contacts:
2. In the left-side panel, click on “More” > “Export” and select “vCard”. Hit “Export” to backup Google Contacts to a computer.
3. Save the “contacts.vcf” file to your computer. This file contains all your Gmail (Google) contacts.
4. Now you are ready to sync Google Contacts with iPhone. Download CopyTrans Contacts from the following page:
Download CopyTrans Contacts
5. Install the program. If you need help installing CopyTrans Contacts, please refer to the Installation guide.
6. Run the program and connect your iPhone. Wait until the program loads your data.
7. In the main program window, tap on “Import contacts” in order to – you guessed it – import Google contacts to iPhone. Select “From a file (all contact formats)”:
8. Navigate to the location where you saved the *.vcf file with Google contacts, and hit “Open”:
9. Find all your Google contacts imported to your iPhone!

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Sync iPhone contacts to Gmail – YouTube tutorial

CopyTrans Contacts can also help you

• transfer contacts from Android to iPhone;
• sync Outlook contacts with iPhone;
• transfer Android calendar to iPhone.

BONUS:

There is an alternative way to transfer Gmail contacts to iPhone without having to save the contacts to PC. To find out more, refer to this article – How to transfer iPhone contacts between cloud accounts?

In case you didn’t already know, Google disabled Exchange ActiveSync support for contacts not long ago. That left many iOS device owners with Google account searching for a way to sync their contacts with their devices over the air. It is possible though, to transfer all your Google contacts by exporting them from your Google account and have them on iCloud on your iOS device, which is what we will show you today.

Note: We’ve shown you in past entries how to import Google contacts from several accounts to your iCloud account and even discussed alternative apps to manage your iPhone contacts.

Ready? Let’s start.

Exporting Your Google Contacts

Step 1: Head to your Google account (Gmail in this case) and open your Contacts. Once you do, make sure all your Google contacts are organized the way you want.

Cool Tip: If you would like to only transfer a few, select contacts from your Google account to import into iCloud, organize them into a single, separate group using the Groups option offered by Google contacts.

Step 2: Once on your Google contacts, click on the More button and then select the Export option. A dialog box will appear for you to adjust the way in which your Google contacts will be exported.

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Step 3: On that dialog box, under Which contacts do you want to export? select if you want to either export all of them or any group that you had created for this purpose. Then, when choosing the format in which you want to export, select the vCard format. Once ready, click the Export button to export your Google contacts in a single file with the VCF format.

Note: Note that while the most important information from your contacts will be exported (such as phone numbers, email addresses, and even birthdays), other information (like contact photos and individual ringtone/vibration settings) will not.

Transferring Your Google Contacts to iCloud

Step 4: On your computer open your web browser and log into your iCloud account on iCloud’s website. Once there go to your Contacts.

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Step 5: Once in your contacts, head to the lower left part of the screen and click on the Settings button. Then, from the options shown, select Import vCard. A dialog box will open. Navigate until you find the vCard file you downloaded from your Google account and select it to upload it.

If you missed creating a group of contacts when exporting them, iCloud will also offer you the option to group them.

View Only Your Google Contacts on Your iPhone

Step 6: To view your Google contacts on your iPhone or other iOS device, open the Settings and head to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars option. Tap on it and on the next screen, under Accounts, select your iCloud account. Once there, make sure to toggle the Contacts option to ON.

Step 7: Go back to the Mail, Contacts, Calendars screen. There, scroll down and under Contacts tap on Default Account and change it to iCloud.

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Step 8: Now exit the Settings and open your Contacts. There, tap on the Groups option at the top left of the screen and select only your iCloud contacts or the group you created (if you created one).

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There you go. A few easy steps to get all your Google contacts to your iCloud account and then on your iOS device.

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