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How to Import your contacts in Google Contacts

How to Import your contacts in Google Contacts

1. Go to the old version of Google Contacts, by clicking on Go to the old version on the left hand side bar.

Google Contacts sidebar with Go to the old version highlighted

2. Now, you have switched to the old version of Google Contacts. On the left hand side bar, click on Import Contacts.

Old Google Contacts sidebar with Import Contacts highlighted

3. A dialog box will pop up, choose a .CSV file to upload.

Google Contacts Import contacts dialog with the Choose File button highlighted

4. Head over to the .csv file that you have saved on your personal computer and click on Open.

Windows Open dialog with the CSV file selected and Open highlighted

5. Finally, click on Import to import the .csv file.

Google Contacts Import contacts dialog with the Import button highlighted

What happens to the imported contacts? 

Google will import them by default into a group called “Imported [date]” under “My Contacts”

Imported contacts in a new Imported group, with the Find & merge duplicates link in the top bar

If the import has duplicates, you can merge them by clicking on Find & Merge duplicates on the red top bar .