How to Transfer Contacts from Excel to iPhone

Updated Aug 17,2018 | by Niko

The collection of contacts is one of the most important data on your iPhone. We always recommend you to backup iPhone contacts regularly for avoiding data loss. Check the following article, in which we will give you the detailed information of how to transfer contacts from Excel to iPhone, and how to restore iPhone contacts in different ways.

It’s quite time-wasting and boring to add a bunch of contact details into your iPhone Contacts manually when you want to restore the contacts list.

IOTransfer, as a reliable iOS file manager and transfer tool, ensures you the easiest way to manage and transfer iPhone contacts. With it, now you can backup, restore or delete hundreds of iPhone contacts by few simple clicks.

Transfer Contacts from Excel to iPhone via IOTransfer

For anyone who backs up the contacts information in Excel file, here is the solution. Let’s see how to transfer contacts from Excel to iPhone. Before that, free download and install IOTransfer on your PC.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to PC, run IOTransfer, and go to MANAGE > Contacts

Step 2: Click “Import”, and choose the Excel file in CSV format and “Open” it

IOTransfer will transfer all your contacts information from the Excel file to your iPhone.

Bonus Tip: IOTransfer can only recognize the Excel file that exported in CSV format by IOTransfer itself. To ensure the easiest and most convenient iPhone contacts restore experience, you can use IOTransfer to backup your iPhone contacts regularly.

Backup iPhone Contacts

IOTransfer helps you transfer and sync contacts between different iOS devices without limitation. You can backup iPhone contacts in .CTT, TXT and CSV formats, and save the backup files on your PC for anytime restore.

Go to MANAGE > Contacts > Select All > Export, choose a format and save the contacts backup file on your computer.

In addition to transferring iPhone contacts from Excel to iPhone, there are some other ways allowing you to restore your iPhone contacts.

1. Restore iPhone Contacts from iCloud

You can restore the contacts and contact groups from an earlier version that was archived in iCloud automatically.

·         Visit iCloud.com, enter your Apple ID and passcode to login

·         Go to Settings > Restore Contacts (in the lower left corner of the page)

2. Restore iPhone Contacts from iTunes

Note: If you restore iPhone contacts with iTunes, then all other files and data on your iPhone will be replaced at the same time.

·         Connect your iPhone to PC via USB cable, and run iTunes

·         Select your iPhone when it appears in iTunes, and click “Restore Backup…”

Bottom Line

There are always some drawbacks if you use iCloud or iTunes to manage/restore your iPhone contacts, while you can use IOTransfer to get the easiest but best experience. Besides iPhone contacts management, IOTransfer helps you free up storage space, download & convert online videos as well.

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