Deleting a work email from my phone will loose those contact but I want tokeep them on my phone

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Deleting a work email from my phone will loose those contact but I want tokeep them on my phone

I am concerned that contacts I have created using my work phone will be deleted as they are connected to the work email, leaving my job and I started to manually take the personal contacts out of Outlook on the PC and then they were lost on my phone :-( the phone is mine and not that company i work for.

I have done an back up to my PC via itunes. But am I safe to tuen off the work email on my phone? assuming those contacts will be gone? Thoughts please I have 1400 plus contact on my phone

iPhone X

Posted on Oct 14, 2019 4:52 PM

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brenden dv

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Oct 20, 2019 12:06 PM in response to Swoopsbaby

Hello Swoopsbaby,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. It's completely understandable to want your contacts protected. I'll do what I can to help.

If possible, make sure you also have an exported backup of your contacts in Outlook. This link from Microsoft will explain: Export contacts from Outlook

Once you do, you can try importing them into iCloud: Import a contact on iCloud.com

If you prefer, you can also sync them with iTunes: Use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer

Cheers.

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