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title: "Convert .vcf to .csv for Email Contacts"
description: "Sometimes when you export contacts from an address book they will be in .vcf or vCard format. In this guide I'll show you how you can convert these .vcf contacts to a .csv file instead. This method..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/convert-vcf-to-csv-for-email-contacts/
date: 2014-06-06
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Email"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Convert .vcf to .csv for Email Contacts

Sometimes when you export contacts from an address book they will be in **.vcf** or vCard format. In this guide I’ll show you how you can **convert** these .vcf contacts to a **.csv** file instead.

This method works if you’re trying to [export contacts in RoundCube](/support/email/roundcube-webmail/export-contact-list/), since it can only export to the vCard format. The .csv or comma separated values format is more widely used, so it can be imported into more applications.

## Convert .vcf to .csv with Windows Explorer

1. Open up Windows Explorer, you can hit **(Windows key + E)** to do this
2. Navigate to your user directory followed by /contacts C:\Users\UserName\Contacts
3. Click on **Import** from the top menu
4. Select **vCard (VCF file)** from the import list, click **Import**
5. Browse to the location of the RoundCube address book your exported, then click **Open**
6. The contact file should open, just click **OK** on each contact in the address book to import it
7. Once you’re done importing all the contacts, click on **Close**
8. Click on one of your imported contacts and then hit **Ctrl-A** to select them all
9. Now click on **Export** from the top menu
10. Select **CSV (Comma Separated Values)**, then click **Export**
11. Click **Browse…**, name your file, then click **Save** followed by **Next >**
12. Now select the fields you’d like to export and click **Finish**

You should now hopefully have all of your email contacts that were in vCard .vcf format converted over to .csv.