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How to export your contacts on your BlackBerry Priv

We will see at best in this tutorial how export your contacts to your BlackBerry Priv. Contacts are a very important feature of your BlackBerry Priv and so you may want to export them from your BlackBerry Priv to another phone or the Cloud. To make the best use of the features offered by contacts, it's very simple.

We will see how to export your contacts from your BlackBerry Priv to another smartphone first, from your Google account located in the 'Cloud' secondly, from files in vCard or VCF files third, and finally from files. CSV editable with a spreadsheet like Google Sheet.

Export your contacts from another device to your BlackBerry Priv

To export contacts from another device, you must first export them to your SIM card or an SD card. To do this, you will need to insert a SIM or SD card into your new BlackBerry Priv. Once done, go to the category Contacts of your BlackBerry Priv. In this menu, you can then press the 'Settings' key, located at the bottom right of your BlackBerry Priv. An option 'Export' to the SIM card or the memory card will then be available to you. Tap on it depending on your backup mode.

Follow the on-screen instructions and your contacts will be exported to your backup media inserted in your BlackBerry Priv.

Export your contacts from Google Cloud to your BlackBerry Priv

This is a little known option but very interesting for those who know how to do it: export your contacts from the Cloud to your BlackBerry Priv. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, accessible from the home screen of your BlackBerry Priv, then in 'Account and Synchronization'. Once there, click on your Google account.

This will open a new window which will allow you to check the synchronization of contacts, emails and calendars.

Choose what you want to activate and it will automatically export your contacts to the Google Cloud.

Export your contacts to a VCF file on your BlackBerry Priv

Another option to export your contacts from your BlackBerry Priv is to use VCF files. This option will allow you, along with the CSV files, to share your contact lists from your BlackBerry Priv as well. As in the first paragraph of this article, go to the 'Import / Export' section of the 'Contacts' folder of your BlackBerry Priv. From there, click on 'Export' then choose the VCF format. Once you have validated the operation and having selected the source VCF file, you can export all your contacts from your BlackBerry Priv. Conversely, you can import contacts to make a new backup on your BlackBerry Priv.

Export your contacts to a CSV file from your BlackBerry Priv

If you want your files to be in CSV format, then to export them to your BlackBerry Priv, you will need to go through an export from your Gmail account. Once in your Gmail account, click on 'Contacts' above the compose email button. Then click on 'More actions' and finally on 'Export'. Choose the CSV file to which you want to export your contacts, and validate. Once the operation is finished, you can synchronize any BlackBerry Priv with your Gmail account as mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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