Email, Messaging, & Video Calls > Email 345 345 people found this article helpful How to Export Your Gmail Contacts Export your address book to Outlook CSV, Google CSV, or vCard format By Heinz Tschabitscher Heinz Tschabitscher Writer University of Vienna A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on April 10, 2021 Reviewed by Jon Fisher Reviewed by Jon Fisher Wichita Technical Institute Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. lifewire's editorial guidelines Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Email Gmail Yahoo! Mail What to Know In Google Contacts, select Export > Contacts and choose the appropriate format.You can export the entire list or only certain groups.New automatic contact entries are found under Other contacts in Gmail Contacts. This article details how to export your Gmail Contacts list for use in other accounts and applications. The instructions apply to the web version of Gmail and across all browsers. Export Your Gmail Contacts Your address book isn't tied to one Gmail address. You can use it with another Gmail account or a desktop email program such as Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Yahoo Mail. To export your full Gmail address book: Open Google Contacts. The easiest way to do that is to visit https://contacts.google.com/ or select the apps menu in the upper-right corner of Gmail and choose Contacts. Select Export. To export an entire address book, select Contacts. Select the drop-down arrow to choose a Google Contacts group. Choose an export format: The Outlook CSV format exports all data and converts names to the default character encoding.The Google CSV format exports all data and uses Unicode to preserve international characters. Some email programs such as Outlook do not support Unicode.The vCard format is an internet standard that is supported by many email programs and contact managers such as OS X Mail and Contacts. Select Export. Download the file (named Contacts) to your computer. You can rename the file anything you want, like gmail-to-outlook.csv (for the Outlook CSV format), gmail.csv (for Google CSV), or contacts.vcf (for the vCard format). Where to Find Contacts Automatically Added by Gmail Your list and file of contacts may be large because Gmail adds new contact entries to your address book when you reply to an email or forward it to a new address. These new automatic entries are found under Other contacts in Gmail Contacts. Prevent Gmail From Adding Contacts Automatically To prevent Gmail from adding new addresses to your Contacts automatically: Go to Gmail and select the Settings gear in the upper-right corner of the page. Select See all settings. Under the General tab, scroll down to Create contacts for auto-complete section and select I'll add contacts myself. Select Save Changes at the bottom of the page. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit