How to Export iPhone Contacts to CSV/VCF/Excel 2024

CSV is a kind of file format that stores tabular data such as numbers and text data in plain text. The CSV file can be opened with a spreadsheet app like Microsoft Excel. Lots of programs support CSV format for data import and export, so it’s widely used for business or personal needs.

It’s a good idea to export iPhone contacts to CSV. Then you will have a copy of your contacts and do not have to worry about catastrophic data loss. If you have hundreds of thousands of phone numbers, you can keep track of and manage them in an efficient way. In addition, you can also print out the contacts for further use.

Next, we will provide 3 methods of how to save/export iPhone contacts to CSV, vCard(VCF) or Excel easily.

Method 1. Easiest &  free way to export iPhone contacts to CSV/VCF/Excel

iCloud and iTunes are the traditional way to transfer data from iPhone, but because of the inconvenience and iCloud storage limit or other reasons, lots of users don't want to use iCloud or iTunes. Then a powerful export-iPhone-contacts-to-CSV app named FoneTool can help you. 

With this tool, you can easily export contacts from iPhone to CSV files on your computer. It has many advantages making it one of the best choices to transfer iPhone contacts.

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• Efficiently add exported contacts to Google Mail or Outlook Mail. 
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• Various iOS devices and versions can be supported (iPhone 15/iOS 18).

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Now click the download button and learn from the steps to get how to export Apple Contacts to a CSV file.

Step 1. Run FoneTool > Connect your iPhone to the PC via a USB cable and click iPhone to PC from the Phone Transfer interface. Click Get Started to continue.

Step 2. Go to the Contacts icon to select contacts. You can choose specific items here. Then click OK.

Step 3. Choose "CSV" as the file type from the Transfer Settings option to export. And you can choose a storage path to save the contacts. Then click OK and click Start Transfer to export your entire contact list from your iPhone.

Method 2. How to export contacts from iPhone to CSV/VCF with iTunes

iTunes is a media player as well as the default mobile device management utility developed by Apple. It’s a workaround way you can try to export iPhone contacts to CSV file. Please download and install the latest version of iTunes on your computer. It’s necessary to have the latest iTunes to avoid errors like iTunes won’t recognize iPhone problem.

Part 1. Sync iPhone contacts to computer

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer via the USB cable and usually the iTunes will launch automatically. If not, open it manually.

Step 2. Click the Device tab > Click Info.

Step 3. Check the box“ Sync Contacts with” > Select “Windows Contacts”.

Step 4. Click Apply or Sync to confirm.

Part 2. Export iPhone contacts as CSV/vCards

Step 1. Locate the Contacts folder in your Windows profile: Click Start and type your username > find and open the username folder.

Step 2. Find the Contacts folder and double-click to open it.

Step 3. Click Export option > Select CSV (Comma Separated Values) and click Export.

Step 4. Name the CSV file > Click Browse to decide where to save the CSV file > Click Next.

Step 5. Select the fields you wish you export > Click Finish to start the export.

A pop-up window will appear that tells your contacts have been exported in the new format and you can click OK to close the window. You can now go to check the CSV file and it should open as a spreadsheet.

Method 3. How to export iCloud contacts to CSV/VCF/Excel

If you do not like to use iTunes, you can try to export iPhone contacts to CSV with the help of iCloud. You should first export iPhone contacts from iCloud as vCard format and then convert it to CSV file.

Part 1. Export contacts from iPhone to vCard

Step 1. Enable Contacts sync on your iPhone: Go to Settings > Your name > iCloud > Toggle on the Contacts option.

Step 2. On your computer, open a browser and go to iCloud. com > Sign in to iCloud with your Apple ID > Choose Contacts from the list of provided services.

Step 3. On the Contacts screen, click the gear icon in the lower-left corner > click Select All if you want to export all contacts. You can also use Shift or Ctrl to only select the contacts you need.

Step 4. Click the gear icon > choose Export vCard... to save the contacts to your computer.

Part 2. Export iCloud contacts to Excel/CSV

Visit this website to convert vCard to CSV: https://labs.brotherli.ch/vcfconvert/.

Click the Choose File button to select the vCard file you just exported before and confirm other options:

Format: choose CSV, choose Comma, and enable Add Header Line

Encoding: choose Unicode (UTF-8)

Filter: don’t change anything

Modifications: don’t change anything

Finally, click convert to make it. Go to your computer’s download folder to check the CSV file.

Bonus Tip: Learn an easy way to backup your contacts and more

From the above, you know how to export iPhone contacts to Excel as a backup. Well, besides contacts, it’s also necessary to backup your whole iPhone regularly. Thus, when you accidentally delete data such as your important photos or messages, you can always have a way to get them back.

FoneTool can also help you backup your iPhone easily. It can help you back up all contacts, messages, photos, music, etc. in one click or you can only back up the selected ones. As for restoring, it will just restore the backup data to your iPhone and will not erase any existed data stored on your iPhone. Give it a try by yourself!

Conclusion

That’s all for how to export iPhone Contacts to Excel or CSV. iTunes, iCloud and FoneTool can help you finish the job. You can choose one to follow according to your own situation. If you have any problems when exporting contacts, please feel free to leave a comment and we will reply to you as soon as possible.