Probable solutions to move Outlook contacts to iPhone in iOS 8/10

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“For a long time, all my contacts were managed in Outlook. Now it becomes hard for me to jump my contacts to iPhone. I started searching for the solution but still looking for a quick solution. If anyone knows, please share with me.”

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Outlook contacts are easily moved to iPhone with this blog where we have mentioned 2 smart solutions for this.

Let us explain both these methods one by one in the next section.

Method 1. Using VCF file

The first method to move Outlook contacts to iPhone using VCF file. To know the complete procedure, below are the mentioned steps –

  1. Open Outlook application.
  2. Click on Contacts
  3. Select Save all messages in folder contacts
save all
  1. Select File format. If you don’t find it, click More and then select File format
  2. Choose vCard in export format. Then, click Ok
choose vcard format
  1. Click Save Now.
  2. Right click on the contacts.vcf file and select Send to Apple iPhone option
click on send to iphone
  1. The contacts will be exported to your iPhone and can be seen in the Contacts list.
see contacts

Method 2. Using iCloud

In this method, you can choose contacts whom you want to import. For this, here are the steps –

  1. Go to Outlook account and click on Contacts folder.
  2. Select the contacts you want to export. Click More and select the vCard format in Export Type.
  3. Go to iCloud and login to iTunes account.
  4. Click the Contacts icon
click the contact icon
  1. Choose Import vCard and import the file you exported from Outlook.
import vCard

With these simple steps, you can easily import Outlook contacts to iPhone.

Alternate solution to export Outlook contacts to VCF

In case, you don’t have Outlook with you. You have an orphan PST file then the manual solution won’t work for you. In this case, we provide you another solution in the form of MailsClick Convert PST file to VCF Tool which easily extracts contacts from PST file and save it into VCF format. There is no need for MS Outlook to complete the conversion.

Bottom Lines

With the help of above-mentioned two smooth techniques, you can easily transfer contacts from Outlook to the iPhone. Between both these methods, you can pick any of the methods depending on your requirements and suitability. In case, you are a novice user or you don’t have MS Outlook with you, you can simply use the software solution to export Outlook contacts to VCF format.