4 Easy Ways to Sync iPhone Contacts to Gmail

Part 1: Transfer iPhone Contacts to Gmail Using A 3rd-Party Software - Dr.Fone

There are several advantages of using Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS) and some of them are as follows.

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How to transfer iPhone contacts to Gmail as followings:

Step 1. Download and install Dr.Fone, then connect your iPhone to PC and choose "Phone Manager" from the main interface. So that you can sync your iPhone contacts.

Step 2. Tap Information on the top panel, and it will show all the contacts on all programs.

Step 3. Then you need to select the contacts one by one to ensure that all those are chosen which require export and click Export on the top of the windows. From the drop-down list, select "Export" > "to vCard File". Then a pop-up window comes out to browser the destination folder to save the selected contacts on your computer.

After the contacts have been exported to the computer, click on Open Folder on the popup window and you will find the contacts file on the local storage.

Step 4. After you succeed saving the file on your computer, log in to Gmail with your account, then click Gmail > Contacts at the top-left corner. You will go to the Contact page of Gmail.

Step 5. Click Import Contacts, a window will pop up, click Choose File to add the saved v-Card file, and then click the Import button to load the contacts.

Step 6. The selected contacts will be imported to Gmail successfully as below.

Part 2: Sync iPhone Contacts to Gmail Directly

It is a simple and one-step process that makes sure that the contacts are transferred to the Gmail without the interference of any external application and all the work is done on the iPhone alone. The process is mentioned below.

Step 1. The user needs to tap Settings > "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" to begin the process correctly when it comes to direct syncing.

Step 2. On the next screen, the user needs to tap "Add Account" to make sure that the email accounts supported by the device pop up.

Step 3. Google account is to be selected from the page that comes in next.

Step 4. The user just has to make sure that the contacts are turned on, and when this process has been completed and the Google account has been added heading back to the contacts, the screen will show that the syncing has begun automatically.

Part 3: Transfer iPhone Contacts to Gmail Using iTunes

iTunes is a program that can be regarded as air for the iPhone as most of its functionalities depend upon this program. To transfer contacts through iTunes, the process is mentioned below.

i. Connect iPhone to the computer through a USB cable to start the process.

ii. Launch the iTunes software so that it can detect the device with ease.

iii. Under the Info tab, select the option of "Sync Contacts with Google Contacts".

iv. Enter the Gmail username and the password as soon as the prompt comes out to proceed further.

v. For further clarification, the user needs to visit www.gmail.com, then Gmail >Contacts.

vi. All the contacts are imported to Gmail directly.

Part 4: Transfer iPhone Contacts to Gmail Using iCloud

iCloud is also considered to be one of the best programs that makes it possible for the users to transfer not only contacts but also the other media files that have been stored on the iPhone. To transfer the contacts, in particular, the user never needs any complex method or tools as everything is there by default to support the phenomenon. Following is the process in this regard.

i. You need to go to the iCloud website and enter the desired details.

ii. Click the Contacts icon.

iii. All the contacts will show up which has been synced with the iCloud.

iv. Press "Ctrl + A" so that all the contacts are selected, then press the cod button at the bottom left corner, and from the drop-down list, select the option of “Export vCard” to export the vCard file to your computer.

v. Then, you can import the saved vCard file to Gmail, for the details, you can refer to Part 2's Step 4-6.