I have 3000 contacts in my iphone but only 500 in icloud. Someone can help me ?

How I can backup all my contacts in Icloud?

iPhone 6s, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 28, 2023 1:20 PM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2023 1:23 PM

Contacts sync to email servers. So many of the contacts in your phone come from an email account other than iCloud. You would have to move the contacts from servers other than iCloud to the iCloud “list” in your Contacts app. If you have a Mac and you have the same email accounts on your Mac that you have on your phone this is easy; you can use the Mac Contacts app and just drag the contacts that are not iCloud to the iCloud list. The other alternative on your iPhone is with a 3rd party app such as Groups.

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Apr 28, 2023 1:23 PM in response to charlydo

Contacts sync to email servers. So many of the contacts in your phone come from an email account other than iCloud. You would have to move the contacts from servers other than iCloud to the iCloud “list” in your Contacts app. If you have a Mac and you have the same email accounts on your Mac that you have on your phone this is easy; you can use the Mac Contacts app and just drag the contacts that are not iCloud to the iCloud list. The other alternative on your iPhone is with a 3rd party app such as Groups.

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