Microsoft Outlook does not support importing multiple vCards - you need to import them one vcard at a time. While this is tolerable for a few, its frustrating when you a large number to import.
Rather than using Outlook's File, Import and Export menu to bring the vCards into Outlook, you can drag them from your Windows file system to Outlook's Contact folder. Each vCard will open and you need to click Save and Close to add them to Outlook. This method is faster than using the Import menu but for best results, you should only do about 20 vCards at a time as opening too many at a time will use a lot of resources.
If you prefer to use a macro, see Macro to Bulk Import vCards into Outlook
Multi-card VCF files
Outlook does not support importing a single vcard file that contains multiple contacts. You can use GMail to make the conversion as Gmail can import multiple contacts using .vcf file. Once you have the contacts in GMail, you can export them to a Outlook CSV format and import them into Outlook Contacts. Additionally, several of the tools listed below support importing multiple contact vcards.
Step 1: Import the vCard file into Google Contacts
Step 2: Export it in Outlook format (will be a CSV file)
Step 3: Import into Outlook
The tools listed below will import or export vcards in bulk. Some will import multiple contact vcards.
Tools
SyncWiz add-in for Microsoft Outlook is an easy to use Outlook vCard and Calendar converter. Import and export contacts and calendar into vCard, iCal, .vcf, .vcs and .ics file formats. Sync Microsoft Outlook Calendars using vCalendar and iCalendar files. Backup, synchronize and convert contacts to vCard files automatically. Supports .vcf, .vcs and .ics files in different encodings. Import and export all custom item properties correctly. | |
vCard Wizard Contacts Converter allows you to overcome Outlook's limitation of converting one contact at the time. With this tool you can, import/export and merge your Gmail, Android, iCloud, iPhone, Office365, and Microsoft Outlook contacts to the destination of your choice. New vCard Wizard 4.25 has improved Office 365 mapping fields. It's fully compatible with Outlook 2019, Office 365.vCardWizard PRO Plus allows the mapping of two different CSV sources. Select source CSV file, destination CSV file, and press "Map". | |
Address Magic supports dozens of applications and formats to convert email, calendar, and address books, to or from Outlook. Converts over 30 address book formats, 20 email formats, and 4 calendar formats. Automatically customizes itself for your computer by finding your email applications and data files. Supports over 150 different address book fields, including names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, comments, and many more. Automatic field mapping between different address books, full distribution list support, and maintains email folder structure. Converts HTML email, text email, attachments, and all headers. | |
EphPod is a full-featured Windows application that connects with Apple's iPod. It imports Microsoft Outlook contacts, in addition to allowing users to create and edit their own contacts. | |
MessageSave is an Outlook add-in for archiving and saving email messages. This powerful and intuitive plugin supports msg, txt, eml and mbox formats. It enables manual, rule-based and schedule-based operation. Use MessageSave to save e-mail messages for archiving, data retention, regulatory compliance, document management, backup, email sharing and exporting Outlook email to other mail clients, such as Mac Mail.app. Version 4.0.4.303. | |
Outlook can open vCards, but if you need to save them all out to use with another program, that's where it gets a bit tricky. Simply select the destination folder where you'd like your vCards to be saved to, and Opal-Export will do the rest. Free. | |
Exports Outlook mail, calendar, and contacts to mbox, iCal, and vCard files for import into Entourage and other Macintosh mail and collaboration programs. Can also be used to extract all file attachments to a system folder. | |
Outlook plays a vital role in terms of office productivity in communication. However, there are some features missing, such as auto-BCC, Gmail Push Notification, and standardized import/export on contacts, calendars and tasks. Power Toys for Outlook is a collection of Outlook add-ins that provides these useful features. Auto BCC for sends blind carbon copy to recipients. Export Outlook Contacts to a single vCard (.vcf) and Excel. Export Outlook Appointments and Tasks to ICAL (.ics). GGNotify enables push notification from Google upon new e-mail arrival. | |
Learn how to convert excel to vCard with the help of SysInfo excel to vCard converter. Using this utility, users can easily convert excel contacts to vCard file format, the software comes with easy to use Graphical user interface. Microsoft Excel to vCard Converter exports excel to vCard and various other Excel file formats XLSX, XLS, XLSM, XLSB, XLTX, XLTM, XLT, XLAM, XLA. | |
Merge and Truncate VCF files without affecting the data security while splitting or merging the VCF files. The vCard splitter merge tool allows users to perform the merging and splitting processes in bulk. Free vCard Splitter & Merger Tool permits users to split or merge 15 VCF/vCard files | |
Total Outlook Converter converts Outlook emails to PDF, TXT, TIFF, DOC, HTML. Select the fields that are included into the resulting file (subject, body, recipient, sender, date, etc.) Emails are converted in batch saving your time and effort. Attached files can be placed in the same or a new folder. Add a date, page number or your company info to each page of the resulting files (headers and footers). Total Outlook Converter can convert Outlook contacts to vCard files. Free trial. | |
Easy to use vCard converter tool to convert vcard 2.1 and vcard 3.0 version vcards into Ms Outlook contacts. Software is a vcard reader which imports individual vcards in bulk or vcards having multiple contacts into Outlook in one go. | |
Sperry Software's Vcard Converter Add-In for Microsoft Outlook easily converts all your Outlook contacts to vcard (vcf) files. Outlook already has the ability to import and export vcard files, but only one at a time. With this add-in you can now import and export a file containing a single vcard entry or multiple entries. You can also export to a single file or have one vcard file per contact. This new version now supports photos and has support for 32-bit and 64-bit Outlook. | |
Topalt vCard ImportExport is simple and easy to use tool for importing and exporting vCard files (*.vcf) to/from Outlook. It can import and export multiple entries vCard files as well as files containing only one entry. Additionally, vCard ImportExport can split/combine multiple vCard files to/from one vCard file even without Outlook installed. You can export vCard files using build-in Microsoft Outlook engine and manage duplicates when importing duplicated contacts. However, unlike generic Outlook import/export it can export and import multiple entries file or import or export all contacts to vCard files at once. | |
vCard splitter tool to split any vcard file having multiple contacts into it. Supports 2.1 and 3.0 versions of vcard file. | |
VCF Cutter allows you to divide your contacts so you can easily move them from cell phones to Outlook. Use it to divide a consolidated VCF file to separate VCF files with one contact in each file. Requires NET Framework 3.5. |
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When I ran this macro only first contact copies to my contact folder. Kindly help
Is it a multi-contact vcard or individual vcards?
You can smoothly migrate your VCF file to Outlook with the help of Wholeclear VCF to Outlook Converter Software. And for that, you must try VCF to Outlook converter tool that will convert different VCF files to Outlook. Suitable with all the versions of Windows OS to transfer VCF data into Outlook. Free VCF to Outlook Converter will export contacts in a partial manner.
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