3 Ways to Backup Contacts on iPhone 7/7 Plus/SE/6S

Your contacts list is one of the most important things on your iPhone. It's always a good habit to backup your large iPhone contacts list of names, email addresses, and phone numbers to avoid unexpected data loss, such as, iPhone broken, lost or stolen. Luckily, backing up iPhone contacts isn't a daunting task. In this blog, we will show you 3 simple ways to backup contacts on iPhone 6, 6 plus, 6s, 6s plus, 7, 7 Plus. So you can save them or transfer them to a new iPhone or even Android.

Way 1: Backup iPhone Contacts with iTunes

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes. (If you don't have iTunes installed, you can download it here.)
2. Tap on the iPhone icon from the menu bar, and click on the Info tab.
3. Check the Sync Contacts with box and select your mail program. (It will be disabled if you have iCloud backup turned on. Please turn off iCloud backup when using iTunes.)
4. Choose the groups that you want to sync, then click Apply to start the sync.

Way 2: Backup iPhone Contacts with iCloud

1. On your iPhone, go to Settings and select the iCloud option.
2. Verify the iCloud account is set up and toggle the Contacts slider ON. (This will automatically backup all of your iPhone contacts from your Contacts app to your iCloud storage.)

Way 3: Backup iPhone Contacts with Jihosoft Phone Transfer
It is quite easy to backup iPhone contacts with the help of iTunes or iCloud, but you are not allowed to view your contacts in the backup files. Don't get disappointed. All you need is Jihosoft Phone Transfer software - a great iTunes alternative that transfer, backup and restore data on your iPhone se, 6s, 6s plus, 6, 6 plus, 5s, 5, 4s, etc. Using it, you can transfer contacts from iPhone to PC in one click. Also, you can restore contacts to iPhone from backup with ease.

1. Download the iPhone Contacts Backup tool from its official site and install the program on your computer.
2. Run iPhone Contacts Transfer and click on Backup Your Phone to enter the backup window.
3. Connect your iPhone to the computer via USB cable. Once detected, your iPhone will appear in the Source phone pane.
4. Check Contacts and tap on Start Copy. Then choose a location on your PC where you want to backup your iPhone contacts and click on OK.

That's it. All your iPhone contacts are now backed up as HTML file to the desired folder on your PC. You are allowed to print your contacts list in amazing threading mode. More than contacts, Jihosoft Phone Transfer also support to backup other iPhone data and files, such as, text messages, photos, videos, music, etc.

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