How to Backup/Restore Contacts with Google Drive [Update]

How to Backup Contacts to Google Drive?

Phone address book (called Contacts) means a lot to all of us. If you lose them, then you will lose the whole world to some extent. Therefore, you might want to learn how to backup contacts to google drive, or other locations, like our computer and other external hard drives.

Besides, if you bought the latest iPhone 15, you will notice they have removed the SIM card slot and replaced with eSIM. And you can transfer contacts from SIM card to eSIM during the setup. But in case of something goes wrong, you will want to backup the contacts. Next, you can refer to the following content, we will show you how to save contacts in google cloud easily in Windows 11/10/8/7.

>> Here is the quick guide:

• Way 1: Export Contacts and Share it to Google Drive

• Way 2: Upload Contacts file (.vcf) to Google Drive

• Way 3: Backup Contacts between Two Google Drive Accounts

• Detailed Steps: How to Restore My Contacts

• [Easy & Quick] Better Way to Backup Contacts on your iPhone

Way1: Export Contacts and Share it to Google Drive

First of all, you could export the contacts from your Android phone or iPhone with the following steps:

Step 1. Open Contacts app > then tap Menu≡ > Settings > Import/Export.

Step 2. Choose which account you would like to export contacts from, here are two options: Export to storage, or Export to SIM card. We choose Export to storage > And then click Export.

Step 3. Then go to File Manager (or Files) > Internal Storage, then you will find the .vcf file at the root directory.

Step 4. Click the .vcf file, select Save to Google Drive (if you have set up Google Account already).

Way 2: Upload Contacts file (.vcf) to Google Drive

After creating .vcf file, you could open Google Drive on your Android Phone. Here is how to upload:

Step 1. Click My Drive drop down icon > Upload files.

Step 2. Find the contacts file (.vcf) to upload, click Open.

Step 3. Then the contacts will be saved to Google Drive, check it after uploading.

Way 3: Backup Contacts between Two Google Drive Accounts

Sometimes, you have to backup contacts from one Google Drive to another, what should I do? It’s easy to transfer, export all the contacts from one Google Drive, and use the exported file (.vcf file, Google CSV, or Outlook CSV) to import to another Google Drive:

Step 1. Log on the Gmail that you want to export contacts from.

Step 2. Go to the Google Apps at the top right corner > Choose Contacts.

Step 3. Click Export at the left panel.

Step 4. Choose the Contacts you want to export and the format you want to keep > Click Export.

Step 5. Then save the contacts file to your local hard drive.

Step 6. Log into another Gmail, choose Contacts > And then tap Import > Select File to select the contacts file to save contacts from one Google Drive to another one.

However, you might encounter the situation that the Google Drive could not backup your contacts using Backup and Sync, these reasons should be responsible for this situation:

Detailed Steps: How to Restore My Contacts

If you replaced your smartphone, or lost all the contacts, you could use the .vcf file to restore all the contacts that you have. Here it is the guide of how to backup/restore contacts to Google Drive:

Step 1. Go to Settings -> Google on your Android phone.

Step 2. Choose Restore Contacts.

Step 3. Choose the Gmail Account stored the contacts, then select Restore.

If you also want to learn how to backup all contacts to iCloud, you can check the guide by going to this link.

[Easy & Quick] Better Way to Backup Contacts on your iPhone

Generally, there may important data like contacts, photos in DICM and Camera, your smartphone will be full after storing large number of pictures, and they are so treasurable for you, what should you do?

If I were you, I would backup it first to spare more space for phone. To backup a large number of data, it’s highly recommended to use AOMEI FoneBackup to backup everything on your iPhone. AOMEI FoneBackup is a free iPhone backup software to backup not only contact, but also photos, videos, music, and messages. With AOMEI FoneBackup, you could leave a copy of your contacts on both computer and Google Drive.

Here is how to backup everything (including Contacts) to Google Drive:

Step 1. Download AOMEI FoneBackup to computer > Connect iPhone to computer with USB cable and tap “Trust” on it.

Step 2. Click Selective Backup under More Feature > Click Contacts to view every item on iPhone (you should disable Contacts in iCloud setting temporarily) and click OK to return.

Step 3. Uncheck the files you don’t want and click Start Backup.

Step 4. Click the pin icon in Backup History to locate the file of your contacts on computer, sign in Google Drive to upload that file.

By the way, if you need to back up everything from iPhone to PC, you can choose the Full Backup feature.

Conclusion

That's all about how to backup contacts to google drive. It’s easy to backup contacts to Google Drive, and several solutions are provided in this article. Besides, if you would like to selectively backup iPhone contacts to google, AOMEI FoneBackup would help you a lot. If this passage solves your problem, you could share it with your friends.