How To Import Contacts To Icloud From Gmail



Things to check first

Click on the “Mail” drop-down menu at the top left of the Gmail interface and select the “Contacts” panel. Click on the “More” button to choose 'Import Contacts'. On the next window, tap “Choose file” and browse your computer to relocate the iCloud contacts that you have saved in the folder.

How To Import Contacts To Icloud From Gmail

Check if you still need help after each of the steps below.

  1. At the top of the page, choose Import. Choose vCard (VCF file) Import. Navigate to and choose the.vcf file that you exported from iCloud, then choose Open.
  2. You can also import your Gmail contacts to iCloud using the steps outlined below: On your PC or Mac, open Gmail account and click on Contacts then More; Click Export and save the files on your computer. They will appear as VCF; Open iCloud from your PC or Mac then click on Contacts.
  3. Open your Gmail account and navigate to the Setting option. Select Account and Import option and click “Import mail and Contacts”.
  1. Check the system status of iCloud Contacts, Calendars and Reminders.
  2. If a reminder isn't appearing on some devices, make sure you're running the latest iOS, iPadOS or macOS on each device. Upgraded reminders and shared reminders in iOS 13 or later or macOS Catalina or later aren't compatible with earlier versions of iOS or macOS. Learn more.
  3. Make sure the date and time settings on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC are correct.
  4. Make sure you're signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on all of your devices. Then check that you've turned on Contacts, Calendars and Reminders* in your iCloud settings.
  5. Check your internet connection. Open Safari and go to www.apple.com. If you can’t open the page, learn what to do.
  6. Check that you can access secure websites. Open Safari and go to your Apple ID account page. If the website doesn't load, contact your internet service provider for help.
  7. Make sure you haven't exceeded your iCloud storage limit or the storage limits for iCloud Contacts, Calendars and Reminders.

* On a PC with Outlook 2016 or later, Reminders are called Tasks.

Try the steps for your device

If you still need help, try the steps for your device below.

iOS 13 and iPadOS or later

After each step, check your contacts, calendars or reminders.

Refresh your contacts and calendars

To refresh your contacts, open Contacts and swipe down on the list. To refresh your contact groups, tap Groups in the upper-left corner, then swipe down on the list.

To refresh your calendars:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Tap the Calendars tab.
  3. Swipe down on the list to refresh your events.

Check your app settings

  1. Make sure you've turned on Contacts, Calendars and Reminders on your device.
  2. If you use multiple groups or accounts in the Contacts or Calendars app, make sure your iCloud Contacts and Calendars are set to appear:
    • Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
    • Open the Calendar app and tap the Calendars tab. Make sure all iCloud calendars are selected.
  3. Change how often your calendars update:
    1. Tap Settings, then Calendar.
    2. Tap Sync.
    3. If All Events is selected, choose a specific timeframe instead, such as Events 1 Month Back. If a specific timeframe is selected, choose All Events instead.
    4. Return to your Home screen.
    5. Wait a few minutes and then open the Calendar app. Tap the Calendars tab and swipe down to refresh.

Since the iCloud Birthdays calendar updates daily, you may not see changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the next day.

Set iCloud Contacts, Calendars or Reminders as your default

If your contacts, calendars and reminders are in iCloud, then iCloud automatically updates your information. If your information is in a third-party account, like Google or Yahoo, you can change your default account to iCloud. Changing your default account to iCloud won't move your existing information from a third-party service to iCloud.

Contacts

To see which account your contacts are in:

  1. Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner.
  2. Deselect the All [account] option for any third-party account, such as Gmail or Yahoo.
  3. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
  4. Tap Done to see your list of contacts. If you can't see the contact you're looking for, it's stored in another account.
  5. If you have a copy of your contacts from a third-party service in vCard format version 3.0 or later, you can import the contacts into iCloud.

Set iCloud as the default account for your contacts:

  1. Tap Settings, then Contacts.
  2. Tap Default Account.
  3. Select iCloud.

Calendars and Reminders

To see which account your calendars are in, open the Calendar app and then tap the Calendars tab.

Set an iCloud calendar as the default calendar:

  1. Tap Settings, then Calendar.
  2. Tap Default Calendar.
  3. Tap a calendar under iCloud to make it your default.

Set an iCloud reminders list as the default list:

  1. Tap Settings, then Reminders.
  2. Tap Default List.
  3. Tap a list under iCloud to make it your default.

Restart the Contacts, Calendar or Reminders app

  1. Close the app.
  2. Return to your Home screen.
  3. Wait a minute, then open the app again.

Turn off iCloud Contacts, Calendar or Reminders and turn it back on

  1. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
  2. Slide to turn off Contacts, Calendars and Reminders.*
  3. If you see your calendars or reminders on iCloud.com or any of your devices, you can choose Delete from My [device]. If not, choose Keep on My [device].
  4. Wait a few minutes, then turn on Contacts, Calendar or Reminders again.

* Local reminders will be deleted from your device, but your information won't be deleted from iCloud. After you've turned Reminders back on, your reminders will be re-synced to your device.

Restart your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Here's how to restart your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

iOS 12

After each step, check your contacts, calendars or reminders.

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Refresh your contacts, calendars and reminders

To refresh your contacts, open Contacts and swipe down on the list. To refresh your contact groups, tap Groups in the upper-left corner, then swipe down on the list.

To refresh your calendars and reminders:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Tap the Calendars tab.
  3. Swipe down on the list to refresh your events and reminders.

Check your app settings

  1. Make sure you've turned on Contacts, Calendars and Reminders on your device.
  2. If you use multiple groups or accounts in the Contacts or Calendars app, make sure your iCloud Contacts and Calendars are set to appear:
    • Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
    • Open the Calendar app and tap the Calendars tab. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
  3. Change how often your calendars and reminders update:
    1. Tap Settings > Calendar, or tap Settings > Reminders.
    2. Tap Sync.
    3. If All Events or All Reminders is selected, choose a specific timeframe instead, such as Events or Reminders 1 Month Back. If a specific timeframe is selected, choose All Events or All Reminders instead.
    4. Press the Home button.
    5. Wait a few minutes. Open the Calendar app, tap the Calendars tab and swipe down to refresh.
Icloud

Since the iCloud Birthdays calendar updates daily, you may not see changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the next day.

Set iCloud Contacts, Calendars or Reminders as your default

If your contacts, calendars and reminders are in iCloud, then iCloud automatically updates your information. See if your information is in iCloud or a third-party account, such as Google or Yahoo. Then change your default account to iCloud.

Contacts

See which account your contacts are in:

  1. Open the Contacts app and tap Groups in the upper-left corner.
  2. Deselect the All [account] option for any third-party account, such as Gmail or Yahoo.
  3. Make sure All iCloud is selected.
  4. Tap Done to see your list of contacts. If you can't see the contact you're looking for, it's stored in another account.
  5. You can import the contact from a third-party service into iCloud.

Set iCloud as the default account for your contacts:

  1. Tap Settings > Contacts.
  2. Tap Default Account.
  3. Select iCloud.

Calendars and Reminders

See which account your calendars are in:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Tap an event to open it.
  3. Tap the calendar name to see if the event is in an iCloud calendar.

Set an iCloud calendar as the default calendar:

  1. Tap Settings > Calendar.
  2. Tap Default Calendar.
  3. Tap a calendar under iCloud to make it your default.

See which account your reminders are in:

  1. Open the Reminders app.
  2. Tap the list name in the upper-left corner to view all your lists.
  3. See if the list is stored on your device or iCloud. Open a list and tap Edit. If you see Sharing, then your list is in iCloud.

When you create a reminder, you can choose to store it in iCloud or on your iOS device.

Restart the Contacts, Calendar or Reminders app

  1. Double-click the Home button to see your open apps.
  2. Find the app, then swipe up to close it.
  3. Press the Home button to return to your Home screen.
  4. Wait a minute, then open the app again.

Turn off iCloud Contacts, Calendar or Reminders and turn it back on

  1. Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
  2. Slide to turn off Contacts, Calendars and Reminders.*
  3. If you see your calendars or reminders on iCloud.com or any of your devices, you can choose Delete from My [device]. If not, choose Keep on My [device].
  4. Wait a few minutes, then turn on Contacts, Calendar or Reminders again.

* Local reminders will be deleted from your device, but your information won't be deleted from iCloud. After you've turned Reminders back on, your reminders will be re-synced to your device.

Restart your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Restart your device. Here's how to restart your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Force sync Calendar data on Apple Watch

To force sync Calendar data on your Apple Watch:

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap the My Watch tab.
  2. Tap General, then tap Reset.
  3. Tap Reset Sync Data.

If a family member set up your Apple Watch for you, you can't force sync Calendar data.

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macOS

After each step, check your contacts, calendars or reminders.

Refresh your calendars and reminders

You can refresh your calendars from the Calendars app:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Choose View.
  3. Refresh Calendars.

Since the iCloud Birthdays calendar updates hourly, you may not see changes to birthdays in the Contacts or Calendars app for an hour.

To refresh your reminders, quit the Reminders app and then open it again.

Check your default Calendar, Reminders and Contacts account

If you store and edit your events in iCloud instead of another place, like On My Mac, Exchange or Google, then iCloud will automatically update your calendars. If you use multiple accounts on your Mac, such as iCloud, Gmail and Yahoo, make sure iCloud is your default Calendar account:

  1. Open the Calendar app.
  2. Choose Calendar > Preferences.
  3. In the General tab, make sure one of your iCloud calendars is the default.

If you store and edit your contacts in iCloud instead of another place, such as On My Mac, Exchange or Google, then iCloud will automatically update your contacts. If you use multiple accounts on your Mac, such as iCloud, Gmail, and Yahoo, make sure iCloud is your default Contacts account:

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Choose Contacts > Accounts.
  3. Click the iCloud tab and make sure you're signed in with your Apple ID.

As long as you've turned on Reminders in System Preferences, you will see your iCloud reminders on your Mac.

Turn off iCloud Calendar and iCloud Reminders, then turn it back on

  1. Quit the Calendar and Reminders apps.
  2. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID and then click iCloud. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences and then click iCloud.
  3. Deselect Calendars and Reminders.*
  4. Close System Preferences and wait about a minute.
  5. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID and then click iCloud. If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences and then click iCloud.
  6. Select Calendars and Reminders.
  7. Open Calendar and Reminders.

* Local reminders will be deleted from your device, but your information won't be deleted from iCloud. After you've turned Reminders back on, your reminders will be re-synced to your device.

Restart your computer

After you've restarted your computer, see if the issue has been fixed.

iCloud.com

If you can't see all of your updates or have a different issue, try these steps on iCloud.com:

  1. Update your browser and clear the cache.
  2. If you can't see updates from other devices, open another app on iCloud.com, such as Mail. Then go back to the Contacts, Calendar or Reminders app.
  3. Sign out of iCloud.com, then sign back in.
  4. Clear your browsing history. Choose History > Clear History.

Since the iCloud Birthdays calendar updates daily, you may not see changes to birthdays in the Calendars app until the next day.

If you get a spam iCloud Calendar request

If you get a calendar request that you think may be spam or junk, let us know. Sign in to iCloud.com with your Apple ID and go to the Calendar app. Open the event that you want to mark as Junk, click Report Junk and then click OK. We'll automatically delete the event from your Calendar on all your devices signed in with the same Apple ID.

You can also go to the invitation from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac and choose Report Junk > Delete and Report Junk.

Microsoft Windows

After each step, check your contacts, calendars or reminders.

Reminders are called Tasks in iCloud for Windows.

Refresh Outlook

Turn off iCloud Contacts, Calendar and Tasks, and then turn it back on

  1. Open iCloud for Windows.
  2. Deselect Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks, then click Apply.
  3. Wait a few seconds, select Mail, Contacts, Calendars & Tasks, then click Apply.
  4. Open Outlook.

Make sure the iCloud Outlook Add-in is active

In Outlook 2010 and later:

  1. Click the File menu.
  2. Click Options in the left panel.
  3. Click Add-Ins in the left panel of the Outlook Options window.
  4. Look at the list of add-ins in the Active Application Add-Ins section.
  5. Select the iCloud Outlook Add-in.

Learn how to manage Add-ins with Microsoft Outlook.

Check your default account in Outlook

In Outlook 2010 and later:

  1. Click the File menu.
  2. Select Info > Account Settings > Data Files.
  3. If iCloud is the default account in the Comments column, select a different account and click Set as Default.

Restart your computer

After you've restarted your computer, see if the issue has been fixed.

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If you still need help

If you still need help, contact Apple Support. You can also use these steps to remove duplicate contacts or calendars.

Stuck in syncing Exchange contacts with iCloud? This article will show you the method to copy exchange to iCloud.

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I just realized all my contacts are in my Exchange account, and even though i have contacts turned on in iCloud, none of them show up on my other devices. How can i get all the Exchange email contacts to go to iCloud, and therefore get synched down to all my other devices?

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Microsoft Exchange Server as a cloud-based service. It gives users access to email, calendar, contacts, and tasks from PCs, the web, and mobile devices. You may keep some or all of colleagues’ contacts in your Exchange account, but if you change job or retire, you have no access to enter the Exchange server of your company anymore, so you want to transfer the contacts to another place before you leave, such as iCloud.

If you sync exchange contacts with iCloud, and then you can access and view them from all your iDevices and computers. Then, how? Here in this article, we will show you how to copy exchange contacts to iCloud.

Also Read: How to Import Outlook Contacts to iCloud

How to Sync Exchange Contacts to iCloud

Step 1. Open Settings on your iOS device > Click Passwords & Accounts > Click Add Account.

How to Sync Exchange Contacts with iCloud – Step 1

Step 2. Click Microsoft Exchange > Input Exchange account and password.

How to Sync Exchange Contacts with iCloud – Step 2

Step 3. Enter the server and username, and then open the Calendar to sync.

How to Sync Exchange Contacts with iCloud – Step 3

Step 4. Open Settings on your iPhone iPad > Click Apple ID profile > Click iCloud > Turn on Contacts.

How to Sync Exchange Contacts with iCloud – Step 4

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Bonus Tip: How to Extract Contacts from iCloud Backup

It is easy for Apple users to backup iPhone contacts to iCloud as long as we enable iCloud service on our iPhone. In reverse, when it comes to export the contacts, many users will be stuck in this issue, because we have no access to iCloud backups only if restoring iPhone with backups, but it will erase the previous data on iPhone. Then what if we want to extract the contacts for print or export to computer for backups? Don’t sweat it, here is a powerful iOS content manager – AnyTrans, which make it possible to extract contacts from iCloud backups

AnyTrans is an all-in-one iOS content manager, now with the new function of managing iCloud Content, you can:

  1. Access and manage the synced data and iCloud backups, like contacts, notes, calendars, and so on;
  2. Export the iCloud backups to computer, and you can selectively extract the data you need instead of the whole backups;
  3. Export iCloud contents in multiple formats, including VCF, CSV, TXT, etc.

Besides, AnyTrans allows you import contents from computer to iCloud with no efforts, why not download it now and extract contacts from iCloud backup as the steps below.

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Step 1. Launch AnyTrans on your computer > Click at the left of the interface, choose iCloud Manager and sign in your Apple ID.

Sign in iCloud Account in AnyTrans – Step 1

Step 2. Go to Quick Start menu, choose iCloud Backup.

Step 3. Select the iCloud backup you need > Click Download > Click View.

Select iCloud Backup in AnyTrans – Step 3

Step 4. Select the contacts you want to export > Click Download button to transfer contacts to your computer.

The Bottom Line

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That’s all for how to sync Exchange contacts with iCloud, hope it will help you. At last, please do not give AnyTrans a try to extract contacts from iCloud backup.

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