How can I merge contact lists on Apple devices?

Recently i transfered to apple device again and got frustrated about how to merge if you can even merge contact lists. My question might be a guide for those who want to merge their lists as well from other sources(e-mails, phone numbers etc).

First i logged in to all my mails that i use regularly including the one that i migrate from. Then in your contact app you might see a couple of list how many contacts are imported from which sources. There is a common list called All contact which already merged, but it is not syncronised (as far as i know) with icloud. So as a next step i created an export directly to a separated folder on the cloud drive and saved the list there.

Then i went to my computer, logged into icloud, went to my drive and downloaded the .vcf file(windows machine). Then went straight into the contact app and clicked on Plus and selected import contact option. Browsed the file opened it and now it's fully synced. If you want you can do edit and sort which contact you need further.

Hope this helps!


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iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 17, 2025 1:08 PM

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Jan 17, 2025 9:44 PM in response to Lollerkid

Unlike some Android devices, contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you have Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other



If you have a corporate email account added through a profile on your device, please check with your organization's system administrator.




  1. Is this your corporate/organization/enterprise/School Management iPhone? Then please contact the system administrator of your corporate//organisation/enterprise/School Management
  2. If it is your device, in that case, do you have any profile installed by your corporate/organization/enterprise/School Management?
    1. Erase the profile added by you If you have installed a profile on your own --> Install or remove configuration profiles on iPhone - Apple ...
    2. Please contact the system administrator of the organization who provided the profile to you




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