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# Import contacts

> Bring contacts from your phone, Google where available, or a CSV into Recipients and Send.

Import contacts from **Recipients** or the Glide-contact step in **Send**. Saved contacts are available to your Glide account on web and mobile.

| Source                           | How it works                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Phone contacts                   | In the mobile app, grant access to the contacts you want to make available. Limited access and permission denial are respected.        |
| Google Contacts, where available | Connect through Google's consent screen. The integration must be enabled for Glide; CSV remains an alternative when it is unavailable. |
| CSV                              | Choose a contacts CSV, including a Google Contacts CSV export, from web or the mobile file picker.                                     |

## Import from Recipients

Choose **Import contacts** to save the permitted phone contacts on mobile or the chosen Google CSV on web. The toolbar explains what will be saved. Use **Choose contacts individually** if you want to preview and select entries first.

The import flow in **Send** uses a selection preview. Review the contacts and choose which ones to save.

## Connect Google Contacts

Where the connection is available, Google asks for permission to read contact names, email addresses and phone numbers. It does not request access to your Gmail inbox. Glide receives the contacts you choose to save.

On mobile, Google import opens the web flow. Sign in with the same Glide account, complete the import, then return to the app and refresh the recipient list if needed.

## After import

Search by name, email, phone or Glide tag. Imports normalize identifiers and skip duplicates. Alternate emails and phone numbers remain separately selectable. Include a country code when using a phone number for a payment.

Importing contacts does not send invitations, messages or payments, and does not create bank recipients. A contact marked **On Glide** still goes through recipient checks when you pay.

<Tip>
  You can type an email or phone number and continue in Send without a saved contact. Unknown accounts fail before funding. See [Send money](/money/send#send-to-a-glide-contact).
</Tip>

## Privacy

Phone contacts are read only after you choose that import source and grant permission. Cancelling a picker or denying permission does not save contacts. See [Data and privacy](/security/data-privacy).

## Next

* [Recipients](/money/recipients)
* [Send money](/money/send)