Transferring contact lists rather than all contacts

Hi Guys. I have a work iphone and personal iphone. I want to transfer the work contacts onto my personal phone but as a contacts list. I need to be on call to work contacts on some evenings (but on the personal phone) and having the work contacts as a unique list will allow calls from these contacts but not from my regular. I hope I dont have to manually create a new list as there are 700+ work contacts. Thanks in advance.


Posted on Aug 20, 2025 07:59 PM

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Aug 20, 2025 08:35 PM in response to Bang_Dawg

"Transferring contact lists rather than all contacts: Hi Guys. I have a work iphone and personal iphone. I want to transfer the work contacts onto my personal phone but as a contacts list. I need to be on call to work contacts on some evenings (but on the personal phone) and having the work contacts as a unique list will allow calls from these contacts but not from my regular. I hope I dont have to manually create a new list as there are 700+ work contacts. Thanks in advance."

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Transferring Contact List:

If this is a work-owned device, that I recommend you talk with the owner. Ask them to export the contacts from it, perhaps in certain fields: Export Contacts on iPhone - Apple Support. Once exported, import them to the other device. You might be able to do this through the SIM card: Import Contacts on iPhone - Apple Support

Aug 20, 2025 09:36 PM in response to Bang_Dawg

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


Contacts cannot be transferred between accounts through an iPhone.



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




Aug 20, 2025 09:36 PM in response to Bang_Dawg



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.


Transferring contact lists rather than all contacts

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