Support & sync device contacts

Some contacts on your phone or tablet may not be saved as Google contacts. For example, some apps save contacts in device storage, which means they tin merely be managed on that device. Changes you make to these contacts don't sync across Google services or to other signed-in devices. If the device is always lost or damaged, these contacts may be lost.

To keep your contacts backed up and synced to all your devices, y'all can automatically relieve device contacts as Google contacts. Google contacts are available beyond Google services and tin can be managed on any signed-in device. If the original device is lost or damaged, the contacts can automatically sync to a new device when yous sign in.

These steps work just on Android.

Back up & sync device contacts

Back upward & sync device contacts past saving them as Google contacts:

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the "Settings" app.

  2. TapGoogle and then Settings for Google apps and then Google Contacts sync and then Also sync device contacts and then Automatically back upwardly & sync device contacts.

  3. Plow on Automatically support & sync device contacts.

  4. Selection the account you lot'd similar your contacts to be saved in. Your contacts can only be automatically saved to one Google Account.

Tip: Yous can't back up contacts to a kid's account or a G Suite account (one y'all use for piece of work or school).

Your existing device contacts and any futurity device contacts you add volition be automatically saved as Google contacts and sync to your Google Account.

When y'all sign out of a phone or tablet, all your Google contacts volition exist removed from that device to foreclose other people who employ that device from accessing them. Your Google contacts will remain in your Google Account and sync to a new device when you sign in.

Tip: Depending on your device brand and model you lot may non be able to automatically back up and sync device contacts.

What about SIM contacts and contacts that sync with other cloud services?

SIM contacts and contacts syncing with other cloud services (like Substitution, Yahoo, or others) cannot be automatically saved as Google contacts. Learn how to import contacts.

Tip: To use device contacts across Google services without saving them every bit Google contacts, turn on Save contact info from your devices. That setting includes SIM contacts and contacts syncing with other cloud services, but y'all can only manage them on the original device. To support device contacts without saving them as Google contacts, learn how to back upward data on your Android device.

End saving device contacts as Google contacts and motility contacts out of your Google Account

To end automatically saving device contacts equally Google contacts:

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open the "Settings" app.

  2. Tap Google and then  Settings for Google apps and then  Google Contacts sync and then   As well sync device contacts and then  Automatically back up & sync device contacts.

  3. Turn off Automatically back upwards & sync device contacts

Contacts that take already been saved as Google contacts will remain in your business relationship unless you manually remove them.

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