Importing contacts into Google Contacts should be pretty straight forward. In theory, all you need do is import your .CSV file containing your contact list into Google Contacts.

Sign in - Google Accounts - Google Contacts. Import your contacts into Google Gmail. Log on to your Google Gmail account. Click GmailContacts. Click More Import. Under Import Contacts, click Browse. Select the file you exported in step 6 of the previous procedure, and then click Import. A subscription to make the most of your time. Contacts are missing info: After you import your contacts, if you open Outlook and see that not all the info was imported, open the CSV file with Excel to see if the information was there. You can edit the CSV file using Excel to add names and other missing information. Outlook requires the column headings in the first row so don’t replace them with something else. Log in your Gmail account. Click on “Google Apps icon” and select “Contacts”. Select the “Import” option to import contacts from Excel to Gmail. In the Import Contacts wizard, “select the CSV file” created in step 1. Note: If the file doesn't have UTF-8 encoding, the import tool may not recognize and display all text correctly.The import tool will then show you some example contacts from your file, and you can check that the text is readable and correct. If the text is not displayed correctly, select Cancel.You will need a file in UTF-8 encoding to continue.

However, sometimes the import fails and it’s hard to know why.

The issue is often that the .CSV you are uploading is formatted incorrectly and Google rejects the data in the file.

One way to solve the problems of importing files into Google Contacts is to make sure that you are using the correct CSV file format that Google Contacts will accept.

Getting access to this format is as easy as downloading a Google Contact “template” CSV file. Then all you need do is copy/paste your data into the correct columns and upload the updated CSV back into Google Contacts.

Follow these steps:

1. Download a correctly formatted Google Contact CSV file. You can download one here or create your own (see bottom of this post).
2. Copy / paste your Name and Email contact data into the correct columns (B, D and AC)
3. Save the updates to the Google.csv file.
4. Upload the Google.csv file to your Google Contacts (See Importing Google Contacts)

We have created a Google.CSV file for you or you can create your own like this:

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Sherly recently purchased the latest gadget on her birthday. She had a backup of old phone data in Google Drive and now exploring on how to restore contacts from Google Drive.

It is high time to unveil the best solution to retrieve the contacts from Google Drive into the newly purchased smartphone. You would have come across many ways to carry out this retrieval process. The effective way is to adopt a lossless and quick restore procedure to transfer contacts from Google Drive to the desired smartphone. If you take a closer look at the methods, the steps vary with the OS platform of the destination source. If you had purchased any gadget whether it might be an Android phone or iPhone the restore process is simple.

Part 1: How to retrieve contacts from google drive on iPhone

To restore the contacts from Google backup on iPhone follow the below steps

Step 1: Unlock your iPhone and hit the ‘Settings’ option

Step 2: Next, select ‘Password and Account’ from the listed items

Step 3: Tap ‘Add Account’ option and then select ‘Google’

Step 4: Sign in to your Google account by entering the right credentials and enable the toggle switch beside to ‘Contacts’ option.

With the help of the above guidelines, you would have understood how to restore contacts from Google drive on iPhone.

Part 2: How to restore contacts from Google drive to Android phone

Surf through the below instructions for successful retrieval of contacts from Google drive to Android device.

Step 1: In your web browser, launch the Gmail Account

Step 2: Sign in to your account and select ‘Contacts’ from the list available at the left side of the screen.

Step 3: Hit the ‘More’ option just below the search bar and click ‘Restore Contacts’ from the expanded list.

Step 4: You can also customize the restoration process by setting a time limit using ‘Time to Restore’ option. Then, finally hit the ‘Restore’ button.

Step 5: In your Android phone, go to ‘Settings’ in your home page and tap ‘Accounts -> Google’.

Step 6: Log in to your Google account and press the ‘Menu’ option at the top right side of the screen. Click the three vertical lines to access the menu items.

Step 7: Tap ‘Sync Now’ option from the pop-up items.

After completing the above steps your Android phone synchronize automatically with your Google account thereby loading the backup contacts into your Android gadget.

Conclusion

Finally, it is time to conclude the discussion on how to restore contacts from Google Drive to the desired platform without any issues. You must follow the above steps to obtain a successful restoration process. Only if you have the data backup in your Google account you will be able to restore the desired data effortlessly. It is highly recommended to synchronize your phone with Google account for ease retrieval process when required.

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