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OnePlus: Move Contacts to a Different Storage Location

If contacts on your OnePlus phone are split between internal storage and a Google Account, they stop syncing consistently across your devices. This matters most before a phone swap or when you want a shared contact list to update everywhere at once. Moving a contact keeps every stored detail intact while changing which account manages it.

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VersionAndroid 10 · Oxygenos 10

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Step 1 of 5: Open the **Contacts app**

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Move Contacts to Another Storage Location – Oxygenos 10: step 1 – Open the Contacts app
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Move Contacts to Another Storage Location auf OnePlus

Contacts on a OnePlus phone can live in different places: the device's internal storage, a SIM card, or a linked Google Account. A contact that only exists on the device stays local and never syncs anywhere else, which turns into a problem the moment you switch phones or want the same contact list on several devices.

Moving a contact changes which account manages it, but keeps every stored detail, such as phone numbers, email addresses, and notes, intact. This is handled directly inside the Contacts app through its account management, not by a separate migration tool.

How to move a contact

Open the Contacts appChoose a contactOpen the menuTap on Move to another accountChoose an account.

Once you confirm the target account, the contact disappears from its original storage location and shows up under the new account instead. Moving a contact to a Google Account also pushes it to any other device signed in with that same account.

If you only need a backup and want to keep managing the contact locally, exporting it instead of moving it leaves the original copy untouched. Moving works best when you plan to keep using the new account going forward, since the contact no longer exists in its previous location afterward.

Frequently asked questions

They move along with the contact. Nothing gets lost as long as the target account supports those fields, such as a Google Account.

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