---
title: "How to manually import contact records from Google Contacts"
url: "https://contact.garden/importing/how-to-import-contact-records-from-google-contacts/"
updated: "2023-12-24T05:01:39+00:00"
sources:
  - "https://contact.garden/importing/how-to-import-contact-records-from-google-contacts/"
---

## 📌 Sidenote

Coywolf Contact now supports [**auto-importing Google Contacts**](/importing/how-to-auto-import-contact-records-from-google-contacts/).

To import contact records from Google Contacts, you must first export them as a [vCard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard).

1. **Go to the Google Contacts web app**Contact records used in Google apps like Gmail are stored in Google Contacts. To export the contacts you must navigate and login to [contacts.google.com](https://contacts.google.com).![Google Contacts](https://contact.garden/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-contacts.webp)
2. **Click on Export contacts**In the upper-right corner of the Google Contacts web app, click on the Export icon.![Google Contacts export contacts option](https://contact.garden/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-contacts-export-vcard-file.webp)
3. **Choose contacts and vCard export option**Select the contacts you want to export and then select **vCard** for the **Export as** option.![Google Contacts export to vCard option](https://contact.garden/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-contacts-export-to-vcard.webp)
4. **Import into Contacts by Coywolf**In the Contacts by Coywolf web app, click on the Settings icon and then choose **Import vCard**. Find and choose the file you exported from Google Contacts.![](https://contact.garden/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/import-vcard.webp)