Can i transfer my google contacts to iphone

Get access to your Gmail contacts on your phone

Table of Contents Show

Get access to your Gmail contacts on your phone
What to Know
Syncing Contacts to an Existing Gmail Account on iPhone
Syncing Contacts When Adding an New Gmail Account
About This Article
Is this article up to date?

What to Know

Existing Gmail account: Settings > Mail > Accounts. Tap your Gmail account. Turn on Contacts.
New account: Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Google. Turn on Contacts.

This article explains how to sync your Gmail contacts to an existing Gmail account on the iPhone, and how to sync your Gmail contacts when you initially set up a new Gmail account on an iPhone. Instructions apply to iPhones with iOS 14 or iOS 13.

Syncing Contacts to an Existing Gmail Account on iPhone

Although you can choose to sync your Gmail contacts when you initially add the Gmail account to your iPhone, you can add them later to an existing Gmail account.

Here’s how to get those Gmail contacts into your iPhone.

On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
Tap Mail and select Accounts.
Tap your existing Gmail account.
Tap Contacts toggle switch to the on position.
Your Gmail Contacts begin to sync with the iPhone immediately.

Syncing Contacts When Adding an New Gmail Account

If you haven't added your Gmail account to the iPhone, you can do that and sync the Contacts at the same time.

To add Gmail as a new account on your iPhone, select Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account.
Choose Google from the options in the next screen.
Enter your Gmail address when prompted and select Next. Enter your password and tap Next.
Tap the switch next to Contacts until it is in the On/green position, and then tap Save.
All your Gmail contacts sync to your iPhone.
You can also sync your Calendars and Notes on the same Gmail screen.

Thanks for letting us know!

Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day

Download Article

Quickly copy your Gmail contacts to your iPhone

Download Article

This wikiHow teaches you how to add your Gmail account's contacts to your iPhone's address book. You can add a Gmail account if the account isn't already on your iPhone, or you can enable contacts from an existing Gmail account on your phone.

1
Open your iPhone's Settings
. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a grey box with gears on it.
2
Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords. It's about a third of the way down the "Settings" page.
Advertisement
3
Tap Add Account. It's near the bottom of the page.
4
Tap Google. You'll find this option in the middle of the page. Doing so opens a Gmail login page.
5
Type in your email address. Enter the email address associated with your Google account.
- You can also use your phone number if it's associated with your account.
6
Tap Next. It's in the bottom-right corner of the page.
7
Enter your Google password. Type it into the field in the middle of the page.
8
Tap Next. Doing so will add the Gmail account to your iPhone and open the account's settings page.
9
Make sure that contacts are enabled. If the switch to the right of "Contacts" is green, you're all set; if not, tap the white "Contacts" switch
to enable contacts.
10
Tap Save. It's in the top-right corner of the screen. Doing so saves your Gmail account and adds its contacts to your iPhone's Contacts app.

1
Open your iPhone's Settings
. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a grey box with gears on it.
2
Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords. It's about a third of the way down the "Settings" page.
3
Select an account. Tap the Gmail account for which you want to enable contacts.
- If you have just one Gmail account on your iPhone, you'll tap Gmail here.
4
Tap the white "Contacts" switch
. It will turn green
, signifying that the selected Gmail account's contacts are being added to your iPhone's Contacts app.
- If this switch is already green, your Gmail contacts are enabled on your iPhone.

Add New Question

Question
Will importing Gmail contacts create duplicate contacts, or it will merge/replace the existing contacts?

In some cases, importing Gmail contacts creates duplicates. If you added a contact and included their email address, however, Gmail will likely skip duplicating the contact in question.
Question
How do I transfer the contacts from my old iPhone to my new iPhone?

You can do this quite easily by connecting via iCloud.
Question
I was using an iPhone 5, which is not upgrade-able to iOS 11, and now I am using a 5s with iOS 11.03. I need help on how to transfer contacts from Gmail, any suggestions?

The Octopussy
Community Answer
I recommend creating VCards of your contacts, importing them to your iCloud account and then that way you never run into this matter in the future as these contacts will then be stored on your iCloud email account if you have one available.

Ask a Question

200 characters left

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.

Submit

Video

If you have problems importing your contacts, log into your Gmail account on desktop. You might need to acknowledge an "Unusual sign-in location" prompt before you can continue importing.

Thanks for submitting a tip for review!

Adding a Google account to Contacts will also add your Gmail calendar and mail items to your iPhone. If you wish for those to remain disabled, you can do so by tapping the green Mail and Calendar switches to the "Off" (left) position on the Gmail account settings section of Settings.

About This Article

Article SummaryX

1. Open Settings
2. Scroll down and tap Accounts & Passwords
3. Tap Add Account
4. Tap Google
5. Enter your email address and password
6. Make sure that the "Contacts" switch is green.
7. Tap Save

Did this summary help you?

Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 643,696 times.