Import Contacts from Mobile Device Contact Lists into Salesforce
Sales reps can save time and eliminate typos by using the Salesforce mobile app to
import contacts from mobile device contact lists into Salesforce. This feature is available only
in Salesforce for Android and Salesforce for iOS.
Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and
Lightning Experience
Available in: All Editions
In the Salesforce mobile app, navigate to where you create contacts.
To open the device’s contact list, tap Import from Device.
Select a contact.
To associate the contact with an account in Salesforce, go to the contact record in
Salesforce and add an account.
When importing contacts from a mobile device, these fields are mapped from your device’s
contact to the Salesforce contact.
Email
Home Phone
Mailing City
Mailing Country
Mailing Postal Code
Mailing State
Mailing Street
Mobile
Other Phone
Phone
Note In some situations, mappings from the local device don’t map as expected to the Salesforce
contact record.
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