Virtual Contact File (VCF) is a digital file format for storing contact information. It is widely used for data interchange among popular information exchange applications. A single VCF file can contain contact information for one or multiple contacts. A VCF file usually contains information such as contact’s name, address, phone number, email, birthday, photographs and audio in addition to a number of other fields 1.
VCF files are textual by nature and are human-readable. These can be opened in text editors such as Notepad on Microsoft Windows and TextEdit on MacOS. If there is an image in the file, however, it won’t show in the text editor. Microsoft Outlook provides support for opening VCF files as well as convert to a number of other formats such as the popular MSG format. VCF file format enhanced with time from version 2.1 to 4.0 adding detailed information to the file format. The format is also used to export phone contacts and later import in another device 12.
There are several free and paid VCF to Excel converters available that can help you convert VCF files to Excel format. Some of the popular ones include Free VCF to Excel XLSX, Aconvert, Tovcf, Zamzar, and CoolUtils 3. These tools are easy to use and support multiple file formats. You can choose the one that best suits your needs and preferences.