Gmail – Google Import Contacts from CSV Not Working – Workaround

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I'm trying to import contacts from my Microsoft Outlook (company server) to my Gmail, but whatever I try, it fails.

Even when I export my contacts in Gmail to a CSV and then try to import it again, Gmail gives the annoying error, saying it experienced an "unknown error". Hence Google is not even accepting its own export as import format.

I don't have the illusion that anyone is going to fix this specific problem, so my question is: does anyone know a workaround to migrate/import contacts to/in Gmail? Some tool somewhere maybe, other inspiration on how to migrate contacts from Outlook to Gmail?

Best Answer

Okay, if you need to get this done (I did):

Use Mailbird to import the contacts, then you can copy them to the Gmail account contacts.

Just done it with 1100 contacts and it worked fine.

p.s., If you only have a CSV you will need vcard format so use CSV to vCard.