Add, move or import contacts on Android, that’s how it works

Google has a handy app that helps you organize the way too long list of contacts on your mobile. That app is called, quite simply, Contacts. In this article you will learn how to add, move or import your contacts via this app.

What is Google Contacts?

Contacts is an app from Google that is already on your phone, but you can also download the app from the Google Play Store. You can also use the app instead of the contacts app from the manufacturer of your phone.

You can do a lot of useful things with Google Contacts and the most important of them can be found below. In this article, we’ll discuss the first option.

1. Add, move or import contacts
2. Merge duplicate contacts
3. Contacts: Export, Backup or Restore
4. Edit or delete contacts
5. View, group and share contacts
6. and much more

Where are the contacts in Android?

Contacts displays the contacts on your phone and the contacts stored in your Google account. The latter group is ‘in the cloud’. This means that the data is stored somewhere on a Google server, and that you can access it anywhere. Via your phone, your PC and your tablet, anywhere in the world. Contacts stored in your Google account are synced with Google Contacts and all your Android devices.

Add, move or import contacts

1. Add a contact

1. Open the Contacts app on your Android phone or tablet
2. Tap at the bottom right Add via the plus sign
3. Enter a contact’s name and an email address or phone number.
4. Then choose the account in which you want to save a contact: Tap the down arrow next to your email account
5. Add more name information: Tap the down arrow next to the name
6. Add a photo: Tap at the top Add photo
7. Enter more information, such as an address or comment: Tap one of the Morefields.
8. Tap on Save and then you’re done

2. Import contacts

You can add all your contacts to a Google account. After the import, all contacts are still in your other account.

From your SIM card

If you have a SIM card with saved contacts, you can import it into your Google account.

1. Insert the SIM card into your device.
2. Open the Contacts app on your Android phone or tablet
3. Tap the tab Fix and manage † Import from SIM card
4. If you have multiple accounts on your device, choose the account where you want to save the contacts
5. Select the contacts you want to import and tap Import top right

From a vcf file

If you have contacts saved in a vcf file, you can import them into your Google account.

1. Open the Contacts app on your Android phone or tablet
2. Tap the tab Fix and manage † Import from file
3. If you have multiple accounts on your device, choose the account where you want to save the contacts
4. Locate and select the vcf file you want to import and the contacts will be imported.

3. Move a contact

You can move a contact from other accounts to a Google account.

If you move a contact, it will be removed from the original account.

1. Open the Contacts app on your Android phone or tablet
2. Select a contact
3. Tap the three dots at the top right -> Move to another account
4. Choose the Google Account you want to move the contact to.

More useful tips for managing contacts

Want to know more about the Contacts app? Do you want to know how to transfer contacts? Or how to add a contact without leaving a messaging app? You can read all about it on our Contacts page.

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