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How to Export Google Contacts

By Justin Pot · May 28, 2019
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Whether you're setting up a new Google account or switching to another service entirely, you don't have to leave your Google Contacts behind. Here's how to export your Google Contacts, manually or automatically.

How to Export Google Contacts to CSV or vCard

Head to contacts.google.com in your browser.

Google Contacts

Select the contacts you'd like to export by hovering over their display icon until a checkbox appears, then clicking the checkbox.

Google Contacts check boxes

If you'd like to export all of your contacts, you can. Simply select one contact, then click the selection button, which is in the left side of the menu bar. Click All.

Select all in Google Contacts

Now all of your contacts are selected. Next, click the three dots on the right side of the menu bar, then click Export.

Export button in Google Contacts

You can now export your contacts.

Export options in Google Contacts

There are three main options.

  • Google CSV, which you should use if you're planning on migrating your contacts to another Google account.

  • Outlook CSV, which you should use if you're planning on migrating your contacts to an Exchange Server or any Microsoft Outlook setup.

  • vCard, which you should use if you're planning on migrating your contacts to Apple's Contacts.

Make your selection, click Export, and you're done.

Automatically Export New Google Contacts

Want to send new Google Contacts to 1,500+ applications, automatically? We can help. With Zapier, you can set up automations, called Zaps, that can automatically grab new Google Contacts and send them to other applications.

For example, you could automatically send all new Google Contacts to Mailchimp:

Add new Google Contacts contacts to Mailchimp

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    After you set this integration up, Zapier will automatically add each new contact in Google Contacts to your Mailchimp list. Effortlessly grow your outreach without any manual copy and paste chores.

    Or you could connect Google Contacts to your CRM to send the contacts there:

    Add new Google Contacts contacts to Salesforce as contacts

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      You may use Google Contacts to collate new contacts from your inbound email. Use Zapier to automatically send Google Contacts (from a contact group) to Salesforce as new contacts. Once this Google Contacts-Salesforce integration has been set up all new Google Contacts (added to a contact group) from that point forward will be copied to Salesforce.

      Update HubSpot contacts from new or updated Google Contacts

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        Want to make sure your contacts are on every list they need to be? Don't bother copying them from one place to another when you can simply set up this Google Contacts-HubSpot integration and let us handle it. From then on, every new contact you add on Google Contacts will have its data sent to HubSpot, where a contact will either be created or updated if it already exists. Never worry about missing contacts again!

        Or, if you want, you could send your contacts over to a spreadsheet or database:

        Import new contacts from Google Contacts into Airtable

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          Google Contacts automatically detects new people who connect with you through email or Google+, but doesn't allow you to easily organize or view them all. Zapier imports all your Google Contacts into Airtable where they can be easily viewed and organized with Airtable's simple sorting and filtering. Now you don't have to click every single contact one at a time.

          Add updated Google Contacts to Google Sheets spreadsheets

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            Wish you had a spreadsheet of all your Google Contacts? Try this Google Contacts-Google Sheets integration. It automatically adds the details for your new or updated Google Contacts to a new row in your Google Sheets spreadsheet. Your contacts are now backed up with no extra effort.

            These are just a few examples. You can create your own automations to send new Google Contacts to any app you want, in any form you'd like. Here are a few more ideas to get you started.

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