How to export your contacts on your OnePlus 5

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How to export your contacts on your OnePlus 5

We will see at best in this tutorial how export your contacts to your OnePlus 5. Contacts are a very important feature of your OnePlus 5 and so you may want to export them from your OnePlus 5 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 OnePlus 5 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 OnePlus 5

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 OnePlus 5. Once done, go to the category Contacts of your OnePlus 5. In this menu, you can then press the 'Settings' key, located at the bottom right of your OnePlus 5. An 'Export' option to the SIM card or memory card will then be available to you. Tap on it according to your backup mode.

Follow the on-screen instructions and your contacts will be exported to your backup media inserted in your OnePlus 5.

Export your contacts from Google Cloud to your OnePlus 5

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 OnePlus 5. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, accessible from the home screen of your OnePlus 5, 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 OnePlus 5

Another option to export your contacts from your OnePlus 5 is to use VCF files. This option will allow you, along with the CSV files, to share your contact lists from your OnePlus 5 as well. As in the first paragraph of this article, go to the 'Import / Export' section of the 'Contacts' folder of your OnePlus 5. From there, click '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 OnePlus 5. Conversely, you can import contacts to make a new backup on your OnePlus 5.

Export your contacts to a CSV file from your OnePlus 5

If you want your files to be in CSV format, then to export them to your OnePlus 5, 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 OnePlus 5 with your Gmail account as mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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