How do I export iPhone contacts?

You could use the free app My Contacts Backup, which has the option to export your iPhone contacts as a csv (Excel) file which can then be printed. It also will backup to a vcf file, which can be imported to another iOS device or mac Address Book.

There is also another app, Contact Sheet (https://itunes.apple.com/app/id894488957?mt=8), that will allow you to export your contacts to a spreadsheet (CSV) file, to a backup contact file (VCF) and will also save a printable version (PDF). This app is not free (it cost $1.99) but it is really convenient and it will allow you to back up just the contacts that you want to back up / share / print out.

Adding a new reply to this janky old aging thread. It is not intuitive but in the recent years, apple has begun pushing icloud on people, including free storage enough for your contacts and a bit of other stuff.

To export your contacts, you can no longer do it through itunes. You now need to go log into icloud.com

Select contacts

Go to the settings gear in the bottom left corner

select all

select export to vcard - which will download them all to your downloads folder.

you can then import to gmail or your android device.

hope this helps anyone else save an hour of their life.

After hours of not syncing my Iphone contacts to my new gmail account despite the Calender and everything else working find via Exhange, I downloaded the "My contact backup" app and it worked great for me. Just download the app, hit backup, the hit email and enter your gmail address, wait five minutes for the email to arrive, then click import (just click it once, there is a delay, I ended up with four copies but thankfully gmail has a merge addresses function...).

I think Apple have already provided the guide on how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer.

Probably you need to take a look at here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296

Also there is another thread talking about that:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/24427431#24427431

Hope that information will help you.

If you'd rather skip syncing the iPhone with iTunes and still export the contacts to your computer, use a number of apps MyContactsBackup (Windows/Mac), Phoneview (Mac), CopyTrans (Windows), etc. Here's a list of apps which you can use to export iOS contacts to PC without iTunes:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-218/how_to_transfer_iphone_contacts_to_compu ter_without_itunes-934079/

Alternatively, use iTunes and sync your iPhone contacts to Outlook on your computer or to the Mac Address Book. This method requires an iTunes sync.

I used a standalone app to sync iPhone contacts directly with my Windows Contacts, which essentially provided a direct way to place the contacts on my PC and keep them as backup.

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You mean you want to backup your contacts from your iPhone to your computer, right? I like using iPubsoft to make backup files or extract them! The tools you can use include iPubsoft iPhone to Computer Transfer or iPubsoft iPhone Backp Extractor, they both have this function, and can help you extract your backup file easily if you want to backup/export iPhone contacts to computer!

VCF files (also called vCard files) are contact files which contain the most complete contact data possible (i.e. contact photo, contact notes, contact phone numbers and types, etc). It is always recommended that you back up your iPhone contacts in vCard format as you can use this file type and export your iPhone contacts to another iDevice or to your email account. You can adopt iCloud backup to backup your iPhone contacts and here are some guidance of backup with iCloud: How to back up your devices using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support. When you want them back, you could restore them with choosing "Restore from iCloud backup" in turning on your iPhone to reset the settings, so that it is possible to export your iPhone contacts easily.

I used iPhone Contacts Backup to download my iPhone contacts directly to my PC and store them for backup. I have an older iPhone 3G and unfortunately could not use the iCloud as a method for backup.

When you connect your iPhone, iTunes opens and there should be a tab which lets you select a program to 'backup' your contacts to (i.e. Windows Contacts or Address Book).
Just select one, and then click on sync and it will backup your contacts to the PC.

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When you connect your iPhone, iTunes opens and there should be a tab which lets you select a program to 'backup' your contacts to (i.e. Windows Contacts or Address Book).
Just select one, and then click on sync and it will backup your contacts to the PC.

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Exporting Contacts to Gmail

A quick and simple way to have a backup of your contacts on the web is to export them to Gmail. For that, you can use iTunes. Select "Info," "Sync Contacts With," “Google Contacts.” After you click “Configure,” add your Google username and password and click "Apply," your contacts are exported directly to your Gmail account.

How do you Only back up contacts not the photos?

Read the message marked "Solved" at the beginning of this 4 year old thread. It still works. If you read further messages in the thread you will discover many other ways to back up contacts.

You should be syncnig your contact to your cmptuer regularly. It is a bad idea to have your contact in only one place.

All of your contacts should be on your computer and should be included in your regular backup copy of your computer.