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[2 Ways] How to Edit iPhone Contacts on PC
To edit iPhone contacts on PC, you can transfer contact to PC for further editing or rely on cloud service. In this guide, you can get 2 ways with detailed instructions to manage iPhone contacts on PC.
By Demi / Updated on May 31, 2023
A way to edit contacts on a computer
Hello all! Is there a way that I can download all my iPhone contacts to a computer then edit the contacts and restore them to the phone?
- Question from Apple Community
It may be annoying and time-consuming to edit and arrange contacts one after another on the small screen of an iPhone, especially if there are hundreds of contacts on your iPhone. Hence, you may intend to edit iPhone contacts on PC.
Here comes this guide with two methods to help you edit iPhone contacts on PC. You can rely on Windows Contacts or cloud services to make it. Please look through both methods first and choose one as you like.
Method 1. Edit iPhone contacts on PC via Windows Contacts
When it comes to editing iPhone contacts on PC, you may think the best way is to transfer contacts from iPhone to computer and edit on PC. Then, follow the steps below to make it.
Step 1. Transfer iPhone contacts to PC via FoneTool
It is suggested to transfer contacts to PC with a professional transfer tool for iOS devices - FoneTool, providing you with excellent services.
★ Fast and selective transfer process. With FoneTool, you can preview and transfer the wanted contacts at a super-fast speed.
★ Export two formats of contacts. It supports exporting iPhone contacts to .csv and .vcf so that you have more flexibility to manage iPhone contacts on PC.
★ Powerful transfer function. Besides transferring to computer, you can also transfer these contacts back to iPhone with the help of FoneTool.
★ Wide compatibility. FoneTool works well with iPhone (from iPhone 4 to iPhone 14), iPad, and iPod. It supports iOS (including iOS 16) and Win 11/10/8/7 as well.
Please click the icon below to free download FoneTool to your computer, then transfer iPhone contacts to PC in three steps.
1. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB > Launch FoneTool and click Phone Transfer > Click Start Transfer under iPhone to PC.
2. Click the + icon > Choose the Contacts icon to preview and select the contacts you’d like to edit on PC > Click OK to confirm.
3. Choose a destination to save your contacts from Transfer Settings. You can choose to export contacts in .vcf or .csv here > Click Start Transfer to begin the task.
When it is finished, you can turn to step 2. below to edit your contacts via Windows Contacts. Please note that the function Transfer to iPhone in FoneTool can transfer contacts back to iPhone later.
Step 2. Edit iPhone contacts on PC via Windows Contacts
Windows Contacts, a contact manager included from Windows 7 to Window 11, can be a nice helper for you to edit iPhone contacts. Here’s how to modify iPhone contacts on PC via Windows Contacts.
1. Navigate to the folder - C:\USers\%username%\Contacts - in Windows Explorer > Click Import on the toolbar.
2. In the prompt, choose vCard (VCF file) > Click Import.
Note: If you export iPhone contacts to CSV via FoneTool, you can open them in Excel directly for further editing.
3. Find and open the folder that saves your iPhone contacts > Choose the contacts and hit Open.
4. Now, you can click certain contact and hit Edit in the toolbar to edit.
Method 2. Edit iPhone contacts on PC with cloud services
If you used to backup iPhone contacts to any cloud services, you can try to get access to the cloud service on PC and edit iPhone contacts on PC by visiting the cloud service.
Manage iPhone contacts on PC using iCloud.com
iCloud is widely used to backup data on your iPhone. To manage iPhone contacts on PC, you can go to the site of iCloud to make it. First thing first, you may need to make sure you have enabled contacts sync in iCloud.
If you haven’t, just go to the Settings app on your iPhone > Tap [your name] > iCloud > Toggle on Contacts.
It may take some time to wait for the process to complete. To manage contacts via iCloud, follow the steps below.
Step 1. On your computer, open a web browser and go to icloud.com > Sign in with your Apple ID and account.
Step 2. Click the Contacts icon > Choose the contacts you want to edit > Click Edit in the upper-left corner to make it.
Manage iPhone contacts on PC with third-party cloud service
If you sync iPhone contacts to Google or any other cloud services, you can also edit contacts on PC with it. Let’s take editing iPhone contacts on PC via Google contacts as an example.
Backup iPhone contacts to Google Gmail
Just like iCloud, you need to sync your iPhone contacts to Google Gmail first.
Step 1. Go to Settings on your iPhone > Scroll down to locate and choose Password & Account > Add Account > Choose Google.
Step 2. Enter the required info to add your account, click Next to continue > Click Save > Turn on Contacts Sync > Click Save to confirm.
Manage iPhone contacts on PC with Google Contacts
Step 1. On your computer, go to the site of Gmail > Log in to your Gmail account.
Step 2. Click Gmail > Contacts to browse all contacts in Gmail.
Step 3. Click the name of one contact > Click Edit to edit detailed contact information.
Conclusion
That’s all for the two ways to edit iPhone contacts on PC. You can edit contacts after transferring contacts to PC. You can also make it with cloud services you backed up contacts with. If this guide helps you, please share it with others.