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How to export your contacts on your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
We will see at best in this tutorial how export your contacts to your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. Contacts are a very important feature of your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL and so you may want to export them from your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL to another smartphone first, from your Google account located in the 'Cloud' second, from files in vCard or VCF files third, and finally editable CSV files with a spreadsheet such as Google Sheet.
Export your contacts from another device to your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. Once done, go to the category Contacts of your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. In this menu, you can then press the 'Settings' key, located at the bottom right of your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL.
Export your contacts from Google Cloud to your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, accessible from the home screen of your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
Another option to export your contacts from your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL is to use VCF files. This option will allow you, along with the CSV files, to share your contact lists from your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL as well. As in the first paragraph of this article, go to the 'Import / Export' section of the 'Contacts' folder of your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. 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 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL. Conversely, you can import contacts to make a new backup on your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL.
Export your contacts to a CSV file from your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
If you want your files to be in CSV format, then to export them to your Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, 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 finished, you can synchronize any Microsoft Lumia 950 XL with your Gmail account as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
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