How to move phone contacts to your Google account on a Samsung Galaxy

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-move-phone-contacts-to-your-google-account-on-a-samsung-galaxy/ · Checked October 2026 · Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

4 of 4 steps with real screenshots · 2 official sources below

Device

Android

Shown on

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16

App

Settings

Real screenshots

4 of 4 steps

What we did

Observed: looked at each screen, changed nothing

Our phone

Shown on Galaxy A57, One UI 8.5

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Contacts settings

   Open Contacts, tap the three dots at the top right, then Settings.

   Done

2. 

   Move the old contacts

   Tap Move contacts to other storage location, choose where they are now (Phone or SIM) and move them to your Google account.

   Done

3. 

   Set the default storage

   Tap Default storage location so new contacts go to Google too.

   Done

4. 

   Choose your Google account

   Pick Google. Phone and SIM 1 say contacts there won't sync to your account. We blurred our two accounts and chose nothing.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• There is no Google account to choose Samsung says you need a Google account signed in on the phone. In Contacts settings, Sync contacts or Synchronize contacts offers Add account. Source: How to sync your contacts on a Galaxy phone to your Google account and view the synced contacts
• The menu names are different Samsung's guide shows another layout used by some versions: the menu icon (three lines), Manage contacts, then Synchronize contacts and Set default storage location. Source: How to sync your contacts on a Galaxy phone to your Google account and view the synced contacts

If this does not work

• The moved contacts are not on your computer Samsung says syncing needs an internet connection and Contacts sync on for the Google account. Then sign in to your Google account on the web and look under Contacts. Source: How to sync your contacts on a Galaxy phone to your Google account and view the synced contacts
• New contacts still save to the phone Samsung says a new contact is not saved to Google if its storage location is My phone or another account. Set Default storage location to the Google account. Source: How to sync your contacts on a Galaxy phone to your Google account and view the synced contacts

About this guide

Contacts saved to the phone or the SIM stay on the phone and are lost with it. Contacts in your Google account are backed up and appear on any new phone.

Good to know

Check the result on a computer at contacts.google.com.

Merge duplicate contacts, on the same settings page, tidies up names that appear twice after a move.

In short: Contacts, three dots, Settings: Move contacts to other storage location to Google, then Default storage location to Google.

📷 See real photos from the Galaxy A57 in our Camera Lab, next to 10 other phones.