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Keep Multiple Phone Numbers When Converting VCF to CSV

Convert contacts with several phone numbers, emails and labels without overwriting repeated vCard properties.

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What the error actually means

vCard allows repeated properties such as TEL and EMAIL with type labels. A flat CSV must expand them into numbered columns, combine them with a reversible delimiter or create related rows. Keeping only the first property silently loses data.

Likely causes

  • Contacts have home, work and mobile numbers.
  • Labels differ across cards.
  • One field contains several values.
  • The target CSV schema allows only one phone column.

Repeated contact properties

Problem

Overwrite TEL;TYPE=HOME with TEL;TYPE=CELL

Correct pattern

phone_home and phone_cell, or a documented repeated-row design

A safe repair workflow

  1. 1Profile repeated TEL and EMAIL properties.
  2. 2Choose a stable output schema.
  3. 3Preserve type labels where useful.
  4. 4Test the round trip on complex contacts.

How to verify the result

A file that downloads successfully is not automatically a correct file. Check the result at both the structural and business-data levels:

  • No repeated property disappears.
  • Labels remain associated.
  • International prefixes survive.
  • Contact counts match.

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