How to Transfer Google Contacts to Yahoo?

Gmail, launched by Google, is a popular email service that integrates seamlessly with other Google products like Drive, Calendar, and Google Workspace. Yahoo Mail, initially developed by Yahoo and now managed by Yahoo Inc., offers a comprehensive email experience alongside access to Yahoo’s ecosystem, including news feeds and entertainment. While both are email clients, they provide distinct features tailored to different user needs. Understanding these differences is essential when transferring Google contacts to Yahoo Mail.

Gmail VS. Yahoo

Gmail	Yahoo Mail
It keeps all emails together rather than differentiating them.	It keeps all mails together rather than differentiating them.
Does not contain extra information.	Contains information like advertisements, emails, and news.
Automatically saves all mail address of recipients who have similar contact details as the sender.	Users can save mail addresses one by one, according to their needs.   Advantage: It gives the option to save manually, that rams the address book less. Only important contacts stay.

Now, let’s take a look at reasons why one must import contacts to Yahoo mail.

Reasons to import Gmail contacts to Yahoo mail:

Even though Gmail has great features, some people are still comfortable with Yahoo Mail. Also, Gmail allows users to port contacts from Gmail to their favorite clients. We are now going to discuss the Manual method that can transfer all your Gmail contacts to your Yahoo address book. This will allow users to contact their favorite contacts through a new portal.

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Manual approach to transfer contacts from Gmail to Yahoo:

• First login to your Yahoo account mailbox. Then open your address book.
• Now in the summary screen, click Import Contacts. This will allow you to import contacts from one account to another. Else, click on Actions and choose Import from the dropdown menu.
• Now simply log in to your Gmail account
• After signing in, accept the Yahoo request ‘’Yahoo wants to view your contacts’’.
• Then after accepting, Gmail will allow you to access your mailbox.
• Go back to your Yahoo mailbox, refresh the page and you will see the new address box in the left( Yahoo+ Gmail contacts).
• By default, Yahoo will remain synced to your Gmail account. If you don’t want Yahoo to sync your Gmail account anymore, click Forget to stop synchronization with your Gmail account.
• In your Yahoo address book, go to Actions tab and select “Import“.  If you see your Gmail account is still linked to the Yahoo account then click on the disconnect button.

This is how one can transfer Google contacts to Yahoo.

An automated approach to move Google contacts to Yahoo mail:

If you are facing difficulties with the above manual method then choose an automated approach. There are multiple optimized approaches available in the market. One such utility is the Gmail Backup Tool. The utility claims a user can access Gmail mailbox items in the Yahoo portal.

Features:

• Safer and faster transfer of mail items to other mail clients.
• Allows downloading and getting backup of mail items like Emails, Contacts, and calendars.
• Users can directly export Gmail content to various mail clients: Yahoo,  Zimbra, Hotmail, Thunderbird, etc.
• Allows renaming of the resultant file.
• Supports and compatibility with most versions of Windows OS.

Summing It Up:

We have now illustrated all the possible methods to transfer Google contacts to Yahoo. Mostly, users look for a free approach, but they don’t know the free approach or free solutions always have limitations; that’s why it is not charged. So, if the user fails to recover data successfully, he/she cannot complain against it. I hope you find this blog useful.

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