Contacts are one of the most important data on iPhone for most users. It
not only contains the phone numbers but also the email address, birthday and other information
of family and friends. It’s really difficult to rebuild the whole address book if you lose it so
you tend to make a backup for your contacts.
Actually, there are several methods that can help you transfer contacts
from iPhone to computer. Since iTunes is the official management tool for Apple devices, you want to rely on it to help you transfer contacts. Well, keep reading to see how to transfer contacts from
iPhone to PC with iTunes.
The unfriendly design and complicated operations of iTunes often drive people crazy. If you want an easier iPhone contacts backup way, you can go to the second part to get it.
How to Transfer Contacts from iPhone to PC with iTunes?
You may know that iTunes can help users backup the whole iPhone content. Actually, it also
lets you only transfer contacts to computer and the contacts will be saved as readable
format. You can also choose to export the contacts to
CSV that can be opened with a spreadsheet app like Microsoft Excel. Let’s start to
see how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer with iTunes.
1. Connect your iPhone to computer and launch iTunes.
2. Click the Device tab > Click Info.
3. Check the box “Sync Contacts with” > Select “Windows Contacts”.
4. Check All Contacts > Click Sync to start the
transfer.

To check the transferred contacts, you can go to Start and type your
username > Open the username folder and then you can see the Contacts folder.
If you want to convert it to CSV format, follow the steps below to make it.
1. Open the Contacts folder > Click Export option > Select CSV (Comma Separated Values) and click Export.

2. Name the CSV file > Click Browse to choose a path to save the file
> Click Next.
3. Select the fields you wish you export > Click Finish to start the
export.
When it finished, a pop-up window will appear to tell you the contacts have been exported in
the new format, just click OK to close the window.
An Easy Way to Backup iPhone Contacts
From the above, you know how to transfer contacts from iPhone to PC using iTunes. The
transferred contacts can be saved as readable format. If you accidentally lose your iPhone
contacts, you can also choose to sync the transferred contacts to iPhone. However, it will
only allow you to transfer all or selected group contacts. What if you only want to restore
one or two items? Try another easy-to-use tool.
AOMEI MBackupper is one easy-to-use iPhone backup manager
for Windows PC. It supports backing up contacts, messages, photos and more. It provides many
powerful functions to satisfy your needs.
◆ It lets you preview and select the contacts you want to backup.
◆ It allows you to view the backup file on computer anytime you want.
◆ It enables you to restore contacts selectively instead of all items.
◆ It will not erase any existing data on your iPhone during the restoration.
This tool supports most iPhone models from iPhone 4 to the latest iPhone 11/SE 2020/12 and is fully
compatible with the latest iOS 14. Download the tool on your computer and follow the steps
below to backup your iPhone
contacts.
1. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable > Enter your passcode on iPhone to give your computer
access to your device.
2. Click Custom Backup tab > Click Contacts.

3. Preview and select the contacts you want to transfer to PC and click the OK button.

4. Select the backup storage path > Click Start Backup to start backing
up your contacts.

When the process is finished, you can check the backup on the Backup Management screen. You
can choose to locate, browse, delete or restore the backup files as per your needs. You can
even restore the contacts to another iPhone which can help you transfer iPhone
contacts to new iPhone with ease.

Conclusion
That’s all for how to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer with iTunes. You can save
your contacts as CSV format as per your needs. If you meet problem during the process or
have any other questions, please feel free to leave a comment and we will reply to you as
soon as possible.