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How to import Google Contacts into Copper

12 of the 17 columns in a Google Contacts export, mapped into 11 Copper fields under Copper's own names.

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Check your Google Contacts export first

Built on Google Contacts’ export columnsChecked against Copper’s import rulesUpdated October 3, 2026

One Google Contacts row, through the templatecopied as it ischanged on the way1explained below
  • Given Name, Family Name to Name1joinedKaren Wilson
  • E-mail 1 - Value to Emaillowercasedkaren.wilson@orbit.example.com
  • Phone 1 - Value to Phone Number+44 20 7946 0295
  • Organization 1 - Name to Company NameOrbit
  • Organization 1 - Title to TitlePartner
  • Address 1 - Street to Street8 Quay Street
  • Address 1 - City to CityManchester
  • Address 1 - Region to StateGreater Manchester
  • Address 1 - Postal Code to Postal CodeM3 3JE
  • Address 1 - Country to CountryUnited Kingdom
  • Notes to DetailsMet at the Manchester legal tech forum.
Not imported: E-mail 2 - Value, Phone 2 - Value, Website 1 - Value, Group Membership and Birthday. The template leaves these out; map any to a custom field in Operelio.

Where Google Contacts and Copper don’t line up

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Given Name and Family Name become one Name

Google Contacts keeps Given Name and Family Name apart, and Copper has one Name field.

The template joins them, leaving out any that are empty.

ExportGiven Name Karen
Family Name Wilson
CopperKaren Wilson

Check your Google Contacts export before you import it

Looks for the 12 columns this template reads, and what Copper would skip.

Drop your Google Contacts CSV here

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and results are counts only.

Google Contacts to Copper in three steps

Step 1Export from Google Contacts
  1. Open Google Contacts.
  2. Check the contacts, or choose Selection Actions, then All.
  3. Click More actions at the top right, then Export.
  4. Select Google CSV and click Export.

In a work or school account you can't select every contact in the Directory.

Google: Export contacts
Step 2Paste into the template
  1. Paste the export at A1 of Paste your export here.
  2. Start here checks all 12 columns were found.
  3. Save Copper People import as a CSV.

Works in Excel for Microsoft 365 and Google Sheets. Excel 2019 and older, Apple Numbers and LibreOffice can't run the formulas this file uses.

Just the 11 headers as a CSV

Step 3Import into Copper
  1. Go to your profile, then Workspace Settings, then Manage Your Data, then Import Data.
  2. Choose People as the record type.
  3. Choose Excel as the file type and select your file.
  4. Fix anything flagged in red using the field menu above each column.
  5. Click Continue Import.
Copper's importer, screen by screen

Operelio, with the same template

Fixes the capitals in names, formats phone numbers, removes duplicate and blank rows, which the Excel file leaves to you. On every plan. Email verification from Starter.

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Questions

Where does Google Contacts' E-mail 1 - Value column go in Copper?

To Email on the person.

Why do Given Name and Family Name become one Name field in Copper?

Operelio's Copper format uses a single name field. The template combines the two Google columns with a space so each Person displays correctly.

Duplicates and undoing an import: Copper import questions.

How this page was checked

The row above is made up. Help pages read September 28, 2026:

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