How to Export Office 365 Contact List to vCard (VCF) – Dig in Here!

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Written By Kumar Raj
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Published On August 3rd, 2022
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Export Office 365 Contact List Only, Not Contacts

I found this query on one of the forum sites and started my findings related to Office 365 contact list and its import/export options. Hence, through this blog post, I will share my findings and will help you understand how to export Office 365 contact list to the vCard file format.

Steps to Export Contact List from Office 365

1. Traverse through the contact list which you want to export. For example, I have to export “Contact List” from Office 365 which contains two members.

Contact list

2. After selecting the contact list, click the manage option and then hit the export option.

export contact list options

3. Now, configure Office 365 account in Outlook using the same user account. After that click the people icon from the left-side bar and then double click on the contact list which you want to export.

Open the contact list

4. Now, Click the “File” option.

Click file option

5. Hit the “Save As” option.

Click Save as option

6. A browse window will appear. Now, search the file name and save file as .txt file format.

Save as .txt format

7. Open the exported file in Notepad. Now, You have to remove certain lines as described in the below Screen Shot.

Remove data

As I get the exported contacts in .txt file so, my next finding was to import .txt file to Vcard file format. Thus, I started searching on Google for various solutions. While searching I got SysTools XLSX to vCard Online Converter. The software allows to convert any file format spreadsheet-like .txt, .csv, .xlsx, .xls, .ods etc into vCard file format easily. The tool also allows the field mapping option to map .txt file columns with vCard fields.

You can also try the following steps to convert .txt file into vCard file format.

8. Download and Run the Software.

9. Now, click on the Browse button to browse the .txt file.

Browse .txt file

10. Fill the file name in the “File Name” field and then, click the open button.

browse the file

11. A screen will appear displaying the preview of the .txt file data.

Preview the data

12. You can now map the fields of .txt file with vCard file fields.

Map fields

13. The software provides various advanced features which you can select as per the requirement. You can check the “Allow empty Email addresses to be imported” option to convert contacts with empty email address fields.

Select “Single vCard file for all contacts” option if you want to create a single file for all contacts.

Note: The software also provides support to all versions of vCard file including v 2.1, 3.0 and 4.0. If in case you want to import vCard into iCloud then you have to select vCard version 3.0 or 4.0.

14. After selecting the options, click the convert button.

Advance option

15. A message will appear displaying the successful export process to the vCard file format. After that, Click Yes.

Successful migration

16. Simply, browse the destination folder, the software will create a separate vCard file for each contact.

Exported vCard files

In this way, you can export Office 365 contact list to vCard file format.

Final Note

There are various users who want to export Office 365 contact list to vCard (VCF) file format so that they can have access of these contacts in their mobile phones. Therefore, I have come up with some best solutions to transfer contacts from OWA in Office 365 Exchange Online account without any issue. For further assistance you can contact us any time.

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By Kumar Raj

A versatile writer with the vast knowledge of technology helps to reduce the gap between a user and technology. Provides easy and reliable ways to resolve multiple technical issues, which users encounter in their day-to-day life.