How to Export Excel Contacts to iPhone / iPad?
Want to export Excel contacts to iPhone or iPad? No problem, this step-by-step guide will help you to transfer Excel to iPhone 4S, 5, 5c, 5s, 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, and 14 contacts in two simple steps.
Query – “I have an Excel file with thousands of contacts and I want to import an Excel spreadsheet to iPhone contacts. What is the best possible way to import contacts from Excel to iPhone contacts?”
How to Transfer Excel Contacts to iPhone Devices?
The complete process to import Excel to iPhone contacts is categorized into two major steps:
Let’s start transferring the Excel spreadsheet to the iPhone contacts process. Follow the below steps properly to perform this task without data loss.
Step 1. Convert Excel Contacts to iPhone File Format
Download SysTools Excel to vCard Converter application to easily transfer batch Excel Contacts to iPhone compatible file formats. Best tool for Mac and Windows OS users.
Pro Tip: If you are a Mac OS X user, then download the Mac version of the software solution to convert CSV file to vCard format.
Software Working Steps to Transfer Excel Contacts
In this step, we will convert the Excel spreadsheet to vCard (VCF) format because the iPhone does not provide an option to import contacts from Excel files directly. Follow the steps:
- Launch it and click on the Browse button to add an Excel contact file to the software.
- Navigate to the Excel file (CSV, XLS, XLSX, TXT, XLSM, XLSB, XLTX) location, select the file and click Open to export Excel contacts to iPhone.
- After loading, the software will preview Excel contacts along with all the fields. Click Next.
- Select Excel Fields and map them with vCard Fields. After mapping, click Next.
- Check the ‘Allow Empty Email Addresses to be Imported’ option if your Excel file comprise empty email addresses and select vCard v4.0.
Alert – Don’t choose vCard v2.1 or v3.0 because your iPhone will not allow you to import Excel spreadsheets into iPhone contacts later.
- Select the destination location for the resultant vCard and click on Convert to export Excel contacts to iPhone.
- Excel contacts will be converted into vCard right after this and saved in the selected location.
Also Read: How to Export Contacts from Excel to Whatsapp?
Step 2. Import Contacts From Excel to iPhone
In this step, we will import the output file into iPhone.
- Open www.iCloud.com on your browser and enter your iCloud credentials to log in. Hit the Next arrow.
- Select the Contacts icon from the iCloud option list to transfer the Excel spreadsheet to iPhone contacts.
- To export Excel contacts to iPhone click on the Settings icon from the bottom-left corner of the screen and choose the Import vCard option.
Tip: If you’ll try to import vCard v2.0 or 3.0 then, you’ll get the following error:
- Select the vCard file from the saved location and all the vCard contacts will get sync automatically with iCloud contacts.
- Now, open your iPhone and configure the same iCloud account in your iPhone (if not) and check iPhone contacts. Convert Excel to iPhone contacts is finished and you will find all the Excel contacts are there in your iCloud contact list.
And, you are done!
So, this is how you can export Excel contacts to iPhone effortlessly without any loss.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How to import contacts from Excel to iPhone?
A. To transfer Excel contacts to iPhone, first, convert contacts into a vCard file then, import the vCard to your iPhone.
Q. Can I import the CSV file into iPhone contacts?
A. Yes, but first you have to convert the CSV file to vCard and then you can import the resultant file to your iPhone contacts.
Q. How to upload contacts from Excel to iPhone?
A. You cannot directly import Excel files to iPhone contacts so, first, you have to export Excel to vCard and then, upload the vCard to your iPhone.
Q. How do I import contacts from Excel to iPad contacts?
A. Convert the Excel file to vCard, upload vCard to iCloud, and add the same iCloud account on your iPad. Easily import Excel contacts to Apple address book.
Q. How do I export contacts from CSV to iPhone?
A. You cannot directly import CSV contact files to iPhone so first convert CSV to iPhone-supported vCard format using the suggested tool for the Mac version. After this, the resultant vCard can be imported into your iPhone contact list.
