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
On the safe side BACKUP YOUR DEVICE FIRST , Right-click on your device and select “Back Up” (in-case of any problem with iPhone Contacts you can restore your contacts from backup later).
Click on “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.
Open “Run” windows by Pressing “Windows + R” keys form keyboard and type “wab” command in “Open” filed and hit OK
This will open up “Address Book” application.
Click on “File” menu > “Export” > “Other Address Book”.
Select “Text File (Comma Separated Values)” option and hit “Export” button
Choose a location to save CSV file and hit “Next” button
Select contact fields that you want to export and hit “Finish” button
You will see this message if iPhone contacts saved successfully as CSV file.
See also:
- Export iPhone contacts Windows 7
- Sync iPhone contacts with Gmail
- Assign ringtone to a contact
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Wow this is a great resource.. I’m enjoying it.. good article
This tutorial has saved my sanity, thank you so much.
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.
You must be doing somthing worng this method is working 100%, just follow the guide step by step to export contacts.
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.
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.
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...???
If you are using windows vista do you use these steps or are the steps different?
You can follow this guide to export iPhone contacts in Vista or Windows 7 http://www.trickyways.com/2010/06/how-to-export-iphone-contacts-as-csv-file-in-windows-7/
it doesn't seem to copy the number if its saved as 'other'. the name appears, but its empty. any solutions?
See the second last screenshot make sure you have selected the correct columns to export contacts.
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
Thanks! You saved me!
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.