Contacts¶
Afi backup for Google Contacts includes all user contacts together with all the corresponding metadata (photo, addresses, phones, website, notes, etc.) and preserves contact labels structure.
Browse¶
Search¶
A user can search across all contact metadata fields, including name/surname, addresses, phones, notes, etc. In case of a phone number it is possible to enter just a few sequential digits to locate all contacts that contain this substring of digits in one of their phone numbers.
The following example shows a search query matching all contacts with the DreamCorp term in metadata:
Another example shows a search query matching all contacts with a specified substring of digits in a phone number:
Export¶
Google Contacts can be exported in PST and VCF formats. A user can select individual contacts or contact labels, as well as all contacts inside a mailbox, for export.
Recovery¶
A user can restore selected contacts, contact labels, or all contacts in a mailbox to the same or another user. The following recovery modes are available:
- Recover to a separate folder - restore selected contacts under a specified label. You can specify your own label name or proceed with a system-generated one (
Restored by AFI/<date>
). - Overwrite existing content - restore selected contacts in place. This recovery mode should be used with caution as it will replace items that already exist in a restore destination mailbox in case of a conflict. Any other existing items that don't conflict with data being restored are preserved upon restore.
Here is an example of a contact restored under a separate label by Afi: