How To Export Your Gmail Contents :- Export your address book to Outlook CSV, Google CSV, or vCard format

How to Export Your Gmail Contacts

Export your address book to Outlook CSV, Google CSV, or vCard format

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:

1. 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  

    2. Select Export

3. To export an entire address book, select Contacts. Select the drop-down arrow to       choose a Google Contacts group.

4. 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. 

5. Select Export

   6.  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:

1. Go to Gmail and select the Settings gear in the upper-right corner of the page.

2.  Select See All Settings

3. Under the General tab, scroll down to Create contacts for auto-complete section            and select I'll add contacts myself.

 

4. Select Save Changes at the bottom of the pages