How to export contacts on Nokia Lumia 930

All the news on Nokia Lumia 930 in our articles.

How to export your contacts on your Nokia Lumia 930

We will see at best in this tutorial how export your contacts to your Nokia Lumia 930. Contacts are a very important feature of your Nokia Lumia 930 and so you may want to export them from your Nokia Lumia 930 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 contacts from your Nokia Lumia 930 to another smartphone first, from your Google account located in the 'Cloud' secondly, from files in vCard or VCF format third, and finally to editable CSV files with a spreadsheet such as Google Sheet.

Export your contacts from another device to your Nokia Lumia 930

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 Nokia Lumia 930. Once done, go to the category Contacts of your Nokia Lumia 930. In this menu, you can then press the 'Settings' key, located at the bottom right of your Nokia Lumia 930. An 'Export' option 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 Nokia Lumia 930.

Export your contacts from Google Cloud to your Nokia Lumia 930

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 Nokia Lumia 930. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, accessible from the home screen of your Nokia Lumia 930, 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 Nokia Lumia 930

Another option to export your contacts from your Nokia Lumia 930 is to use VCF files. This option will allow you, along with the CSV files, to share your contact lists from your Nokia Lumia 930 as well. As in the first paragraph of this article, go to the 'Import / Export' section of the 'Contacts' folder of your Nokia Lumia 930. 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 Nokia Lumia 930. Conversely, you can import contacts to make a new backup on your Nokia Lumia 930.

Export your contacts to a CSV file from your Nokia Lumia 930

If you want your files to be in CSV format, then to export them to your Nokia Lumia 930, 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 Nokia Lumia 930 with your Gmail account as mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Find all our articles on Nokia Lumia 930 to help you.