How To Move A Contact From One Account Into Another Account?

On an iPhone, contacts do not sync between different accounts like iCloud, Outlook, Google, etc. Each account keeps its own separate set of contacts, and they don’t automatically merge or share data.

The "default account" setting in Settings > Contacts > Default Account determines where new contacts you create on your iPhone are saved. If iCloud is set as the default, all newly created contacts go to iCloud. If you switch it to Outlook, new contacts go to your Outlook account instead.

However, changing the default account does not move or sync existing contacts from one account to another. For example:

• If you set iCloud as default and save 50 contacts, those are only on iCloud.
• If you later switch the default to Outlook and save 10 more contacts, those 10 are only on Outlook.
• The 50 iCloud contacts and 10 Outlook contacts remain separate, even though they can all appear together in the Contacts app if both accounts are enabled.

You can view and manage the contacts for each account under Settings > Contacts > Accounts — selecting an account like iCloud, Outlook, or Gmail shows its respective sync settings.

If you want to move contacts from one account to another, like from iCloud to Outlook, you’d need to export and import them manually — iPhones don’t have a native feature to sync contacts between different services.

Transfer iCloud Contacts to Yahoo Contacts

Log in to https://www.icloud.com using your Apple ID credentials. Tap Contacts app > Settings > Export vCard.

iCloud will import or export only vCards.

You need a third-party app to convert vCard file to CSV as Yahoo will only import using CSV file --> Import, export or print contacts in Yahoo Mail - SLN28070

Transfer Gmail Contacts to iCloud Contacts

Try to export the contacts from Google Mail on a web browser. During Export select export as vCard and then

log in to https://www.icloud.com using your Apple ID credentials, tap the Contacts app > Settings > Import vCard.