Import contacts into your Gmail account

If you have contact lists in other email accounts that you want to use in Gmail, you can import them into Google Contacts.Call (866) 324-3042 for Gmail customer service

Import contacts from another email account

Import contacts from Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, AOL, Apple, and other email providers

1. Go to Google Contacts.
2. On the left, click More Import.
3. Select the email account where your existing contacts are.
4. Click I Agree, Let’s Go!
5. Sign in to your email account.
6. Click Agree.
7. When your import is done, click OK.

Transfer contacts from another Gmail account

Step 1: Export existing Gmail contacts into a CSV file

1. To export contacts, go to the old version of Google Contacts.
2. In the top left, click More Export.
3. Select which contacts to export.
   • "My Contacts" are contacts you’ve created yourself.
   • "All contacts" are contacts you’ve created and Other Contacts you’ve emailed.
4. Select Google CSV format.
5. To save your CSV file, click Export.
6. In the top right, click your photo, then click Sign out.

Step 2: Import the CSV file into Google Contacts

1. To import your CSV file, go to the old version of Google Contacts.
2. In the top left, click More Import.
3. Click Choose File.
4. Select your CSV file.
5. Click Import.

I can't import contacts

There are a few reasons you may have problems importing your contacts:

• You're importing more than 3,000 contacts at a time. If you have more than 3,000 contacts, split them into multiple CSVs before you import them.
• You reached the size or storage limit for Google Contacts.
• You're importing information formatted as a group or distribution list in other email providers, which won't transfer into Google Contacts.
• You're importing information for a contact that's already in your Google Contacts. Instead of creating a new contact for them, the imported information will replace the existing information.
• Your import file has non-Latin or ASCII characters.