7 Simple Steps to Export Your Contacts in Gmail

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This wikiHow teaches you how to download a file copy of your Gmail contacts so that you can add these contacts to another email service. You'll need to use the Google Contacts website on a computer to do this.

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    Go to https://contacts.google.com/ in your preferred browser. This will open your default Gmail contacts if you're already signed into a Gmail account. You cannot export contacts from within Gmail itself.
    • If you aren't already signed in, enter your email address and password before you continue.
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    This button is in the lower-left corner of the Contacts page. Since the new version of Gmail's Contacts app doesn't support contact exporting, you'll have to use the older version of Contacts to do so.
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    It's at the top of the Contacts page. A drop-down menu will appear.
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    This option is about halfway down the More drop-down menu. Doing so prompts a pop-up window.
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    Click the circle to the left of the "All contacts" heading near the top of the pop-up window.
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    Click the circle to the left of one of the following options in the "Which export format?" section:
    • Google CSV format - Select this option if you want to add these contacts to another Gmail account.
    • Outlook CSV format - Select this option if you want to add these contacts to Outlook, Yahoo, or another email service.
    • vCard format - Select this option if you want to add these contacts to Apple Mail.
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    Doing so will prompt the contacts file to download to your computer. You have successfully exported your Gmail contacts.
    • You may have to confirm the download or select a save location for it.
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    You will need to look on your contact list and mark all of your friends that you want to send a message to, and then press the send button to send your message.
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    Once you find out the format of the files you can import, you can export the contacts from Gmail in Excel, CSV, or vCard format, then simply import into the new program and select the file.
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      1. Go to https://contacts.google.com/ .
      2. Click Go to the old version .
      3. Click More .
      4. Click Export...
      5. Select All contacts .
      6. Select an export format.
      7. Click Export .

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