Easy Ways to Transfer Gmail Contacts to iPhone

In this technological arena, contacts play a very crucial role in an individual’s life.Since almost everybody has at least one Gmail account, so it is not surprising that the users desire to have all their Gmail contacts stored in their phone as well. This serves as a backup of their Gmail contacts and assures that even if the Gmail contacts are lost somehow, the users can still access their account via their phone contacts.

In this blog, we will focus on the methods by which the users can import Gmail contacts into iPhone.

Method#1 With VCF File

The first method to transfer Gmail contacts to iPhone is by making use of VCF file. Follow the below-mentioned steps for performing the transferring of Gmail contacts:

1. Log into your Gmail account.
2. Click on Gmail option and select Contacts option

1. Click on More option and select Export option.

1. Select the contacts that you want to export by checking them individually.

1. Select Selected Contacts option and vCard format as the output file format. Click on Export.

1. A contacts.vcf file will be created.

1. Right click on the contacts.vcf file and select Send to option and then select Apple iPhone option.

1. The contact will be exported in your iPhone ad can be seen in the Contacts list.

Method#2 Using iCloud

In this method, we will use iCloud as the medium to transfer Gmail contacts in iPhone.

1. Follow steps 1-4 from Method#1.
2. Click on Export option.
3. Select All Contacts option and select vCard format.

1. A single vCard file containing all the contacts will be created.

1. Log into your iCloud account.
2. Click on Contacts icon.

1. At the bottom-left corner, click the gear icon. From the drop-down menu, select Import vCard option.

1. Select the vCard file created in step 4.
2. All the Gmail contacts will be imported in iCloud contacts.

Method#3 Adding Gmail account in iPhone

An iPhone user can also transfer the Gmail contacts to iPhone by adding the Gmail account in the phone itself.

1. In your iPhone, select Settings option from the menu.

1. Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars option.

1. Select Add Account option.

1. Select Google option from the drop-down menu.

1. Log into your Gmail account.

1. Select Contacts option only because we just need to transfer Gmail contacts.

1. Once this is done, the contacts will be transferred to the iPhone.

Conclusion

With the help of the above-mentioned steps, the users can easily transfer Gmail contacts to iPhone. Any of the methods can be used for performing the transfer. You may also interested in converting MS Outlook contacts to Gmail Contacts