Back up iPhone contacts without iTunes - Here's how

You can also back up your iPhone contacts without iTunes. In this practical tip, we will introduce you to the best options for data backup.

Back up iPhone contacts without iTunes: Use iCloud

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Back up iPhone contacts without iTunes: Open Settings on your iPhone

Go to "iCloud"

Activate the synchronization of your contacts in iCloud

With an iCloud account, you can automatically sync your iPhone contacts with all devices:

1. Open the "Settings" on your iPhone.
2. Go to the "Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store" tab at the top.
3. Touch iCloud.
4. Activate the "Contacts" option here.
5. If you restore or update your iPhone now, your contacts will automatically be loaded on your device again.

Export iPhone contacts from iCloud

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Go to icloud.com and switch to your contacts

Go to the gear icon and export your contacts as a vCard

If you want to save your contacts as a file on your computer, you can export them as a so-called vCard from iCloud. To do this, you need to activate the synchronization with iCloud, which we described in the first step.

• Go to icloud.com and log in to your account.
• Click the "Contacts" button and press [Ctrl] + [A] to select all contacts.
• Go to the gear icon at the bottom left and select "Export vCard". Then a VCF file with all your contacts will be created and downloaded.

In our next practical tip, we will explain what you can do if your contacts on the iPhone suddenly disappear.