In Google contacts you can save names, email addresses, phone numbers and more. Contacts saved to your Google account will sync with Google Contacts and all your Android Devices. There are 2 ways to manage Google contacts. I will go over both ways to handle this in the following instructions. all information on this page was taken directly from the Google Help Page and you can get to that link here. With that being said lets get started.
On your Android Device
Add a Contact
- On your Android phone or Tablet, open the Contacts application
- At the bottom right, tap Add +
- Enter the contact's name and an email or phone number.
- To Pick the Account where you want to save the contact: Next to your email account, tap the Down Arrow.
- To add more name details: Next to "Name," tap the Down arrow
- to add a photo: At the top, tap Add picture. Capture or select a picture, then tap Choose.
- To enter more information, like a street address or notes: Tap More fields.
- When you're finished, tap Save
Import Contacts
From a SIM card
- Insert the SIM card into your device
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Contacts Application
- At the bottom, Tap Fix & Manage > Import from SIM.
- If you have multiple accounts on your device, pick the account where you want to save the contacts.
From a VCF file
- On your Android phone or Tablet, open the Contacts Application
- At the bottom, Tap Fix & manage > Import from file
- If you have multiple accounts on your device, pick the account where you want to save the contacts.
- Find and select the VCF file to import
- On your Android phone or Tablet, open the Contacts application
- Select a contact.
- At the top right, tap Menu : > Move to another account
- Choose the Google Account you want to move the contact to.
Move a Contact
On your Computer
Add a Contact
- On your computer, go to Google Contacts
- At the top left, click Create contact
- Click Create a contact or Create Multiple contacts.
- Enter the contact's information
- Click Save.
Import Contacts
From a file
- On your computer, go to Google Contacts
- On the left, click Import.
- Click Select File.
- Choose your file.
- Click Import.
From a Gmail Account
Step 1: Export existing Gmail contacts
- On your computer, go to Google Contacts
- At the top right, Click Export.
- Select which contacts to export.
- Select Google CSV.
- Click Export.
- At the top right, Click your profile picture > Sign out.
Step 2:Import the file
- On your computer, go to Google Contacts, then sign in with your other Gmail account
- On the left, click Import
- Click Select File
- Choose your file
- Click Import