How to Back Up Contacts to iCloud from Any Device

iCloud is a good choice when you want to sync contacts between your Apple devices. By saving contacts to iCloud from all of your devices, you will be able to access contacts from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, as long as you use the same iCloud account. That's quite convenient for you to keep contacts updated on your Apple devices. Thus, it could be quite helpful to know how to save contacts to iCloud, either from an iPhone/iPad/iPod or a Mac.

To back up contacts to iCloud, it's actually quite easy to achieve. But before you start, you need to make sure there is enough iCloud storage to save these items, or you will fail to sync contacts to iCloud. Besides, the contact you delete on your iPhone will also be removed from iCloud.

How to Save Contacts to iCloud (for iPhone Users)

Also applies to: iPad and iPod touch

To back up iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch contacts to iCloud, you can get everything done from the Settings app.

To save contacts to iCloud:

Step 1. Go to the Settings app.

Step 2. Tap your name and choose "iCloud."

Step 3. Toggle on "Contacts" and choose "Merge" when a prompt appears.

How to Back Up Contacts to iCloud (for Mac Users)

It's equivalently easy to sync contacts to iCloud from a Mac. Except for contacts, there are other categories that you can sync to iCloud.

To upload contacts to iCloud:

Step 1. Click the Apple logo and choose "System Preferences."

Step 2. Click "iCloud" and select "Contacts."

After syncing contacts to iCloud from your iPhone and Mac, you can now access your contacts from different devices and keep them updated across your iPhone, Mac, and more.

Bonus Tip: How to Back Up Contacts Without iCloud

iCloud is not the only solution for contact backup. Honestly speaking, it's not the optimal choice for backing up iPhone contacts. That's because once you delete contacts from your iPhone, these items will also be deleted from iCloud, either. If you want to recover these deleted contacts from a backup, iCloud won't help. Thus, iCloud is a better choice for data syncing, rather than data backup.

To back up contacts on your iPhone without iCloud, iPhone data transfer software - EaseUS MobiMover could come to help. The data transfer features and data backup feature allow you to:

• Transfer contacts from iPhone to computer or vice versa 
• Transfer contacts from one iPhone to another
• Back up and restore iPhone contacts via a computer

Apart from contacts, other types of files, including photos, videos, music, ringtones, books, and more, are also supported. With it, it will be quite convenient for you to transfer files from PC to iPhone or share data from one iDevice to another.

To back up contacts without iCloud:

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch EaseUS MobiMover. To use the software, you need to click "Trust" in the prompt asking for your permission on your iPhone. To back up your iPhone contacts to your computer, click "Phone to PC" > "Next".

Step 2. Select "Contacts" among the options and click the default path to set a custom storage path if you need to. Afterward, click "Transfer".

Step 3. When the transfer process has finished, you can go to view the contacts on your computer. The contacts you back up will be saved as an HTML file on your computer, you can view it or transfer it to your iDevice according to your needs.

As you may have noticed, there is a video download feature in EaseUS MobiMover. It enables you to download online videos using its URL only. That means you can download YouTube videos to Mac or save Facebook videos to iPhone with a few simple clicks.

The Bottom Line

Isn't easy to back up contacts to iCloud? By following same steps, you can also back up photos, videos, notes, and more from your iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Mac to iCloud when necessary. After you save contacts to iCloud, you can manage your iCloud contacts via iCloud.com or export these items as CSV files if you need to.