Transfer VCF Contacts to Android phone

Do you have the trouble moving contacts from one phone to another? VCF file, also known as vCard file, comes to solve the problem for almost all smartphone users, Android, iPhone, and more. VCF is the commonly-used filename extension for vCards. vCard is a file format standard for electronic business cards. A lot of email services, like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, allow you export contacts as VCF files. Email clients, like Gmail, Outlook, Mac Address Book, Windows Address Book, also allow you to export and import your email contacts as VCF files. If your contacts files are saved in another format, you can follow this step-by-step guide to convert them to VCF files on computer. No third-party contacts program or converters required. Both Windows and Mac OS come with the built-in tools that can help us convert or even combine VCF contacts. You can then freely transfer contacts in VCF files among different phones and computers. In this demo, we will be using a Samsung smartphone to illustrate how you can import contacts in VCF format to Android mobile phones.

Method 1. Transfer VCF Contacts to Android phones via Email

The easiest way to transfer contacts to Android phones and import them to your Contacts on the phone is to send the VCF contacts through email, then import the contacts contained in the VCF file into your contacts list directly from Email.

Send yourself an email with the VCF contacts file as attachment from your computer. Then receive this email on your mobile phone. You can find your VCF contact as attachment on Android phone, see below screenshot.

transfer & import vcf contacts to android phone via email


The easiest way to import VCF contacts to your contact on android phone is to tap on the VCF file directly, then your contacts will be imported to Android contacts list. Note that if you tap on the Save icon besides the VCF file, the VCF file will be saved to the Download folder on your Android phone, you can also import VCF contacts to your phone from there, however this requires extra steps.

Method 2. Transfer & import VCF using File Managers

All Android powered smartphones should come with a built-in file explorer or manager app. We can use a file manager app to import the contacts. Some file manager apps even offer built-in tools to help us transfer files between computer and our mobile devices.

Once you have sent the VCF contacts from PC to Android via the File Manager app, if applicable, you can navigate to the directory where the VCF file is located. Tap on the VCF file. You’ll be prompted to import the contacts. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the contacts import process.