How to Import Contacts from Yahoo to Gmail? (with Images)

The Yahoo Mail took quite a bit of guff over the last year to redesign, leaving many email users unhappy. You can switch from Yahoo to Gmail as it provides numerous features and also allows you to easily add other POP3 email accounts that you own. You can easily import contacts from Yahoo to Gmail.

Steps to Import Contact from Yahoo to Gmail:

Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account using your Gmail Id and password. Logged in successfully, you will find a gear button at the upper right side of your screen click it. It will display some options, among them click on Settings.

Step 2: Settings page of your account will be displayed. You can find Accounts and Import tab at the starting of the section, click that Accounts and Import tab.

Step 3: Under Account and Import tab, you have ‘Import mail and contacts’ section. Here, click on Import mail and contacts as you can see in the image below.

Step 4: A new window will be opened which states that it is the first step in the process & here you have to enter the email id of your Yahoo account from where you have to import the contacts. Enter the email id and click Continue.

Step 5: In the same window, it states that the importing of contact is powered by ShuttleCloud which is a data migration solution. By clicking Continue you do agree with the terms and policy of the ShuttleCloud company.

Step 6: After you click continue a new browser window will be opened that will display the Yahoo login page. Log in to the same Yahoo email id you mentioned in step 4.

Step 7: After you login successfully you will view the page as you can see in the image below. It states that by clicking the Agree button below, you will allow ShuttleCloud to have read and write access over Yahoo Contacts, Profile and Yahoo Mails. To Import the contact from Yahoo, you have to click the Agree button.

Step 8: As you will click the Agree button a message will be displayed stating that Authentication is successful and it also asks you to close the current window.

Step 9: Now, this is your 2^nd step. Here, you have to select among the import options. There are three import options Import contacts, Import mail, Import new mail for the next 30 days.

As in this content, we are discussing the steps of importing the contacts so, click on Import contacts checkbox only. And click the Start import button.

Step 10: This is the 3^rd step of the process which states that the process of importing the contact in Gmail has finished and all the contacts are imported. Click OK.