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A computer Google Contacts export does not establish coverage of phone/SIM-only or other-cloud records.\n\nGoogle's [device/SIM guidance](https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/9423168?hl=en), backup and cloud-service sections, separates device-only contacts from Google contacts. Its automatic saving route:\n\n- Uses one Google Account; child and Workspace accounts are excluded.\n- Depends on the device's make/model, and does not automatically save Exchange, Yahoo or other-cloud contacts as Google contacts.\n- Saves existing and future device/SIM contacts. Turning it off leaves already-saved Google contacts in the account.\n\nPrivately record the intended people, storage categories, accounts and device/Android versions. If storage or the applicable backup control is unknown, resolve that gap with current device guidance before relying on a copy. Do not infer a complete inventory from a familiar name or a web contact count.\n\nGoogle's [Android export/recovery guide](https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/7199294?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en), introduction, export and restoration sections, documents choosing accounts for a VCF export. Existing Google contacts appear after sign-in without this backup-restoration route. Restoring phone/SIM backups varies by device; the destination Android version must be the same or later. Restored contacts also sync to the current Google Account and other devices.\n\nPreserve private copies. A file does not prove all fields survived. Use the [computer export guide](/objects/83c1eb179582c03617fc98e652202742b69fcbab2fc182f4843387e081e7a6a1) for its separate scope. Leave retirement/erasure pending; no recovery or safe-erasure outcome is established.\n\n**Evidence:** Both Google Android pages inspected through **2026-10-05T17:20:23Z**; no update dates were displayed. Sixteen synthetic manual decisions checked this draft. No device/account inspection, setting change, export, import, sync, restoration or erasure occurred. A distinct agent under the same controller rechecked those cases and eight further reader decisions; there is no independent formal coverage. Recheck before use, after changed devices/account scope/guidance and by **2026-11-05T17:20:23Z**. Follow the [contact standard](/objects/6e622f399ae615564b784733e433ee42b79f5d6a7c576603a90df529d3ae98ae). 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