How to Import and Export Contacts on Galaxy S20

Exporting and importing are usually needed when transferring contacts from one phone to another. While file transfer apps are already available, using the built-in import/export functions on a smartphone is still deemed more reliable. In this quick guide, I will teach you how to import and export contacts on Galaxy S20, manually through its built-in export and import commands. Read on for more detailed instructions.

Exporting contacts is an efficient method to back up contact information from your device. These files can be restored anytime when needed. Exporting individual contacts is also a great way of sharing your contact number or email information with other people you trust. All you have to do is to share the VCF file containing your contact information to them and once they receive the file, they open it and save it to their phone book.

If you need to retrieve your contacts from your Google or Samsung account from another device to your new Samsung galaxy s20 handset, importing contacts would be the solution. It’s one of the quickest ways of transferring contact information between devices. And here’s how to utilize these file sharing features on your new Samsung smartphone.

Easy steps to Import and Export Contacts on Galaxy S20

Contacts can be exported from the SIM card or internal storage of your phone. However, only the phone numbers and names from your phone will be transferred to the SIM card in this process. 

When exporting contacts to an SD card or memory card, make sure that the SD/memory card is inserted. Otherwise, you will encounter an error.

To include all contact details such as phone numbers, names, addresses, email addresses and other information in the transfer, importing them to your phone storage, Google or Samsung accounts would be a better option.

In case you will have trouble importing contacts from your Google account, make sure you haven’t exceeded the limit number of contacts to import and that is 25,000. You can import more than 3000 contacts simultaneously though. If you are trying to import over 3000 contacts, try to divide them into several CSV files before importing. These contacts must be saved as vCard or CSV file.

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