Looking for a solution to create a VCF file with multiple contacts? Want to merge multiple vCard file into one due to some security reasons? Did not find any reliable and efficient solution to export all contacts to one VCF file? No need to worry. You are at the correct place, in this blog, a trustworthy solution to create one VCF from multiple vCard files is also discussed.
In Today’s arena, contacts play the most important role in professional as well as personal use. In fact, many users try to move multiple vCard contacts at the same time. At times, Outlook does not have the functionality to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file and it can only transfer single vCard contact at once. Therefore, in the upcoming section, we will discuss a step-by-step procedure to let users understand how to create a VCF file with multiple contacts in an absolute way.
Two Manual Ways to Merge Multiple vCard File into One
Go through the below set of instructions by which users can combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file. Let us have a look:
Create One VCF from Multiple Contacts
Outlook permits the user to forward contact detail as a vCard format. Users can also choose multiple contacts and forward all of them at once. This feature enables a user to indirectly merge multiple VCF file into one instantly:
- Go to People tab to access all the contacts
- Select multiple contacts that you need to export using Shift + Ctrl keys together as needed. In the same way, choose Contacts and select files in Explorer
- In the Home tab, select Forward Contact from the Share section and choose As a Business Card option from the drop-down menu to merge multiple contacts into one
- The selected contacts are attached to a new message as the .vcf file. To pick all the attached vCard files, right-click on Attached box and choose Select All option from the pop-up menu
- Keep in mind that the folder which you would like to export each contact is open in Windows Explorer. You should drag the selected attached VCF files from a new email to open that folder in the Windows Explorer
- The VCF file is created for all contacts that you have selected and drag them to the particular folder to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file
- You can exit the Message window by clicking on X in the upper, right-hand side corner of the screen
Note: You can close the Message window by selecting the File tab
- After that, press Close option on the left corner. Since you already have all VCF files, no there is no need to save or send an email message, thus press ‘No’ when a message prompts like ‘want to save your changes’.
How to Merge Multiple VCF Files into One VCF File
If you want to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file, there is a simple way to do this with Gmail. Users can export the contacts from MS Outlook as the CSV file and then, utilize Gmail to transfer a .csv file to .vcf format file.
- First, choose the contacts that you need to export on People page and click on File tab
- On Account Information window, choose Open & Export option on the left corner
- Select Import/Export option under the Open screen
- The Import and Export screen displays. Now, select the option Export to a file from the Choose an action to perform the given list and press Next
- Select CSV (Comma Separated Values) in the create a file type box. Choose Next button
- Contacts must be selected in the Select folder to transfer from box. If not, pick it. Click the Next to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file
- Click Browse button to the right-hand side of the Save exported file as a dilogue box
- Navigate to the particular folder to which you wish to export a .csv file. Type the name for a specific file in the File name box, keeping the CSV file extension.
- The path you chosen is entered into the text box Save exported file. Press Next.
- Finally, the screen of Export to a File box shows the listing action to be performed. Press Finish button to start the export process.
- After finishing the export process, you can see the CSV file in the particular folder in Explorer
- After that, you can import a .csv file into Gmail Navigate to Gmail and sign in to that account.
- Click Gmal in the left corner of the main screen and choose Contacts from a drop-down menu.
- Under the Contacts page, go to More above your list of contacts and then, choose Import option to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file
- Click Browse button on the Import contacts dialog box that appears
- Locate to the folder where you have stored the .csv file and choose a file. Press Open
- Then, Click on Import under the Import contacts box
- Next, the window displays the listing of contacts you imported, but not yet combined into the main Gmail contacts list. Pick the contacts that you imported
Note: The contacts which you imported may be only that contacts available in this list. In that case, all contacts shouls be selected automatically.
- Go to More option and choose Export from a drop-down menu
- Under the Export contacts box, pick Selected contacts to state which contacts you need to export.
- Choose vCard file format for exporting. Combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file by clicking Export button
- Gmail that creates the vcf file consisting the selected contacts and asks whether you like to open a file with MS Outlook or save that file. To save that file, choose the Save File option and press OK.
- Select the folder in which you need to save all contacts.vcf file, change the name of a particular file in File name edit box, if necessary, and click Save button
- The vCard file is saved to the selected directory containing all contacts you migrated from Microsoft Outlook.
This method can be used to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file. You can also merge multiple contacts into one. Although, if you must have multiple contacts you will probably search that vCard file is smaller. Users can only convert two contacts, and the .csv file was 2 KB, while a .vcf file was 1 KB size.
Professional Way to Create One VCF from Multiple Contacts
Sometimes, it becomes quite impossible for users to export multiple contacts from VCF files manually, so it is advisable to opt for vCard Viewer Tool. This software is very simple and efficient, which allows to open and view VCF files in bulk without any data loss. Also, it has a user-friendly interface that even a novice user can understand its layout without taking an external help.
The bottom Line
In the above-discussion, we have discussed all manual ways to combine all .vcf files to single .vcf file. Thus, to overcome such constraints of manual solutions, we advised a user to opt for a commercial solution named as vCard Viewer Tool. It is designed in such a way to helps to open and view single as well as multiple VCF files at the same time without any difficulty.