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Export the entire contact list from my iPhone to excel or csv on windows?
Here is a detailed explanation of the Manual (one-by-one) method and how it works if you are trying to learn how to export contacts from iPhone.
The manual method means you are not exporting all your contacts at once. Instead, you are sharing each individual contact from your iPhone to another destination — one contact at a time, using only the built-in features of iOS.
Step 1: Open the Contacts app on your iPhone. If you don't see it, you can also open the Phone app and tap "Contacts" at the bottom.
Step 2: Find and tap the contact you want to export. This opens their details card.
Step 3: Scroll down to the very bottom of the contact card. You will see a button labeled "Share Contact" (it looks like a square with an arrow pointing up).
Step 4: Tap "Share Contact." A share sheet will pop up with many icons.
Step 5: Look at the top of the share sheet. You will see a small preview of a file called "contact.vcf." This is a single vCard (VCF) file that contains only that one person's information .
Step 6: Choose where you want to send this file.
Why not try this method if you want to learn how to export contacts from iPhone.