Gmail and Yahoo both are highly preferred online email services that stores email messages, calendar events, contact details, etc. User can send, read and forward emails free without paying any cost. But that data saved on cloud cannot be accessed during server downtime or without internet connection. So it is a good practice to restore backup in a physical form for future usage.

Apart from that, backing up Gmail or Yahoo accounts becomes important for the data security and local accessibility purpose. Because Gmail and Yahoo are free email service providers and who can block any user due to privacy violation. In that case the user may lose an entire data stored in the account. To avoid these types of issues, it is better to start backing up your Gmail or Yahoo accounts regularly and save a copy of data on your hard drive.

Manual Steps to Backup Gmail Contacts!

If you are thinking to backup your Gmail contacts then below mentioned steps will be helpful.

1. Open Gmail and login to your account
2. Select “Contacts” from the top left panel
3. Now click on “more” button.
4. Select an Export function from the drop-down list of options.
5. Select ‘All contacts’ & Export format. Finally, click the ‘Export’ button
6. Provide location to store the exported data and then click Save button.

Steps to Backup Yahoo Contacts Manually!

If you are using Yahoo and want to backup contact then follow thegiven steps:

1. Open “Yahoo! Mail” and login to your account.
2. Select “contacts” section from the top left panel
   
3. Now click on “Actions” to continue the process
4. Select Export function from the drop down list
5. Select Export option and click on Export button
6. Give a desired location and click on Save button

One More Successful Method to Backup Gmail and Yahoo Accounts!

Complete backup (emails, contacts and tasks) for a Gmail profile can be created by using third party software, namely SysTools Gmail Backup tool as it serves many potential benefits. The software creates backup of emails into PST, EML, MSG and MBOX formats as well as contacts and calendars to the VCF and ICS formats. This automated program allows you to backup single or multiple user accounts without skipping any information. Free edition of the product is available for trial purpose.

Same for Yahoo users, create a backup of yahoo accounts including emails and contacts with the help of SysTools Yahoo Backup Software.