How to Export iPhone Contacts [Windows XP]

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We already written a guide to Export iPhone contacts in Windows 7. Now lets see how we can export iPhone contact in Windows XP as CSV file and you can open this csv file in Excel or you can import this iPhone contacts file in any other email application or mobile device. You just need your iPhone, Data cable to connect and iTunes running in Windows XP.

Export iPhone contact as CSV file in Windows XP

Download and install iTunes, install and Run it

Connect your iPhone with computer using data cable, Click on iPhone device under “Devices” section in iTunes

Connected iPhone device

Click on “Info” tab

iTunes info tab

Click on “Sync Contacts with” check box, select “Windows Contacts” from drop down menu and click “Apply” or “Sync” button. Now you can close the iTunes.

sync contacts with windows

Open “Run” windows by Pressing “Windows + R” keys form keyboard and type “wab” command in “Open” filed and hit OK

Run "wab" command

This will open up “Address Book” application.

Click on “File” menu > “Export” > “Other Address Book”.

Export csv file

Select “Text File (Comma Separated Values)” option and hit “Export” button

File to export as

Choose a location to save CSV file and hit “Next” button

Save csv file

Select contact fields that you want to export and hit “Finish” button

CSV fields to export

You will see this message if iPhone contacts saved successfully as CSV file.

iPhone Contacts saved

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  1. cna 13 June 2010 at 7:00 am #

    Wow this is a great resource.. I’m enjoying it.. good article

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  2. dotsamantha 15 June 2010 at 9:29 pm #

    This tutorial has saved my sanity, thank you so much.

    Reply
  3. Jing 21 July 2010 at 9:27 am #

    This option i tried but cannot copy my Phone Book contact, or maybe am poor of IPhone. Could have any suggestion how to export my Phone Book only to my PC? i use Window XP.

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    • Jan 21 July 2010 at 10:11 pm #

      You must be doing somthing worng this method is working 100%, just follow the guide step by step to export contacts.

      Reply
  4. ABC 1 September 2010 at 7:12 am #

    This does not work. There is no way to export your iPhone contacts to a Windows PC per se. It only syncs. Meaning if your Windows contacts is empty, it will wipe out your iPhone contacts. It’s really very silly.

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    • Tere 1 September 2010 at 11:01 pm #

      Syncing is not wipe out, i have synced the contacts and its working fine didn’t wipe out anything even don’t have a single contact in Windows contacts application.

      Reply
  5. nicorama 13 October 2010 at 6:13 am #

    This does not work? I did it twice opened windows address book, and its all blank… no contacts????
    There must be a step your leaving out…???

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  6. PrnssYo 7 January 2011 at 10:48 am #

    If you are using windows vista do you use these steps or are the steps different?

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  7. mark 11 January 2011 at 1:23 am #

    it doesn’t seem to copy the number if its saved as ‘other’. the name appears, but its empty. any solutions?

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    • trickYguY 11 January 2011 at 4:52 am #

      See the second last screenshot make sure you have selected the correct columns to export contacts.

      Reply
  8. Akingboye 16 January 2011 at 9:11 pm #

    hi Guys, I tried to copy my iphone contacts using the window 7 csv file but I couldn’t find any contact in the folder I saved them in my computer.All my contacts on my phone have disappeared and I tried using itune restore backup still I couldn’t get any contact on my iphone

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  9. iPhoneGeek 24 February 2011 at 9:18 am #

    Contacts Exporter
    Easy and simple

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  10. Desley 12 March 2011 at 7:02 pm #

    Thanks! You saved me!

    Reply
  11. Pete 8 April 2011 at 7:57 am #

    hi trickyguy, installing a fresh itunes and connecting my iphone, will that erase all the iphone contacts? just like what happens to ipods when you connect it to another PC… please confirm, thanks.

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  12. vijay 15 May 2011 at 5:59 am #

    Hats off to your clean and crisp tutorials.

    Thanks

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  13. ivpraveen4u 29 May 2011 at 8:26 pm #

    It really helped me a lot to restore my contacts from Iphone 2G to Iphone 4. Thanks a lot buddy …

    Reply
  14. peter 25 June 2011 at 12:28 pm #

    i did fllw the steps but got only email addresses exported — no mobile phone numbers even tho i did it twice and the second time round ticked only phone numbers and leaving out all other info

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  15. peter 27 June 2011 at 8:47 pm #

    i did fllw the steps but got only email addresses exported — no mobile phone numbers even tho i did it twice and the second time round ticked only phone numbers and leaving out all other info

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  16. DaddyR 30 October 2011 at 12:37 am #

    I followed the instructions. There was a step missing in iTunes that asked if I wanted to merge or replace contacts. I want to keep them on the iPhone and in Address Book so I said merge. Once complete I look at the contacts in Address Book and although they are all listed many have had their details removed (no phone number / email etc.) – just their names are there. When I look on the iPhone I discover that the same has happened there – the details have been wiped. I am seriously pissed off.

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  17. rosie cheekz 4 November 2011 at 10:03 pm #

    hi..i sold my iphone and got a blackberry..i have backup files on my computer, however, when i opened my address book it was blank…what do i do? i need to transfer my backup files onto my new bb..PLEASE HELP

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  18. BBLOVER 13 December 2011 at 8:54 pm #

    Thanks for the excellent solution. So easy.

    Reply
  19. markt 27 January 2012 at 12:05 am #

    Can you please explain what steps I will need to do to import this contact list into my new iPhone?

    Reply

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