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zander36 Author

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Contact account switching

I am wondering if it is possible to switch the account that my contacts are stored on?

Here is the situation:

When I signed in to my university email account it was made the default account for contacts on my phone. This means that every contact that I entered into my phone was saved on the cloud of my university's exchange server. I have graduated and the account has been deleted but the contacts are still on my phone/laptop. There is not really a problem other than the fact that I am getting a prompt to enter my password for that Microsoft Exchange account fairly often on my phone but I get it a lot on my laptop and it is disrupting my work.

So, is it possible to move these contacts from my Microsoft Exchange account to my Gmail or iCloud without re-entering each individual contact?

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Dec 28, 2022 3:09 PM

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Jaym_8

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Posted on Dec 29, 2022 12:53 PM

Hello zander36,

Yes, it should be possible to move the contacts.

To start, you'll need to export the contacts from the account you currently have them stored in. Here's a guide from Microsoft on doing that: Export contacts from Outlook

Once you have the contacts exported into a file, you can then import that file to the account you want them stored in.

If you're storing to an iCloud account, use these steps:

1. In Contacts on iCloud.com, click Settings (the gear icon) in the sidebar, then choose Import vCard.

2. Select a vCard to import.

Import or export a vCard in Contacts on iCloud.com

If you're storing to Gmail, here's a guide from them on importing contacts: Add, move, or import contacts

Cheers!

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