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4.0 - Updated on 2024-03-20 by John Kelly

3.0 - Updated on 2021-03-11 by John Kelly

2.0 - Updated on 2019-10-29 by Chelsea Noble

1.0 - Authored on 2017-03-13 by John Kelly

Issue

How do I move my existing contacts from my Student gmail account to my Alumni account?

Context

Google Contacts 

Resolution

  1. Sign into your Student account
  2. Go to your Contacts 
  3. On the left, click Export 
  4. If you have the new Google contacts preview enabled, you will be asked to move to the old Google Contacts in order to export. Click GO TO OLD CONTACTS. 
  5. Make sure all your Contacts and Google CSV format are selected.
  6. Click Export 
  7. The file will typically download to your Downloads folder, unless you have your default set to another location.
  8. Sign into your Alumni account
  9. Go to your Contacts
  10. On the left, click Import... 
  11. If you have the new Google contacts preview enabled, you will be asked to move to the old Google Contacts in order to export. Click GO TO OLD CONTACTS. 
  12. Click Choose File 
  13. Select the file that you downloaded from your student account 
  14. Click Import 
  15. When it's done, Gmail will display the number of contacts imported
  16. If there are duplicate contacts, you will be given the option to Find & Merge duplicates.