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By Chieyine Nelson

Convert CSV Contacts to VCF vCard

Convert a CSV contact list into VCF vCards for iPhone, iCloud, Google Contacts, and Outlook while keeping the file on your device.

VCF, also called vCard, is the standard interchange format for contacts. It is useful when a spreadsheet contains names, email addresses, phone numbers, or organizations and the destination expects contact cards instead of rows.

Use CSV to VCF and upload a CSV with common headers such as name, first_name, last_name, email, phone, or company. HappyCSV suggests a mapping, but you can manually choose the exact CSV column for every vCard field. This matters because a spreadsheet does not inherently tell a converter that Mobile Number should become TEL;TYPE=CELL or that Company should become ORG.

Before downloading, review the first contact cards, choose vCard 3.0 for the widest iPhone/device compatibility or vCard 4.0 for modern destinations, and select the correct phone type. Address, job title, organization, notes, and multiple email/phone values are supported when mapped.

Review the output before importing. Remove duplicates first if the list came from several exports, and check phone-number country codes when contacts came from different regions.

The conversion happens in the browser. No contact file is sent to a HappyCSV server.

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