Why convert VCF to PST?
PST is Microsoft Outlook's proprietary data store holding mail, contacts, calendar events, and tasks. The typical reason is migration: you have an address book from a phone, Google Contacts, or another client as a .vcf and want those contacts in Outlook's local data store. A secondary reason is backup - after importing, export a .pst to archive contacts alongside email and calendar data in one file.
How to convert VCF to PST
Microsoft Outlook APP
Go to File > Open & Export > Import/Export > Import a vCard file to add the contact to Outlook, then export the Contacts folder via File > Open & Export > Export to a File > Outlook Data File (.pst).
Programs that convert VCF
About these formats
.VCF
vCard (Virtual Contact File)
A VCF file is a vCard - a standard contact card holding a person's or organization's name, phone numbers, email addresses, and postal address. Double-clicking or tapping it on any modern…
Open .VCF details →
.PST
Outlook Personal Storage Table
A PST file is a Microsoft Outlook database that stores an entire mailbox in one file - emails, contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, and notes. The standard way to open it is Microsoft…
Open .PST details →Quality & what to watch
- Outlook's built-in Import wizard handles only one
.vcffile at a time; use the Google Contacts route for bulk contact files. - Your contacts already exist in an Outlook
.pstfile after importing - the export step is only needed to create a standalone.pstfor backup or transfer. - No free standalone tool reliably writes a
.pstfile; PST is a proprietary Outlook format and only Outlook produces it.
Frequently asked questions
Where is my Outlook .pst file stored?
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst; check File > Account Settings > Data Files in Outlook.Can I import a multi-contact .vcf directly into Outlook?
.vcf use Google Contacts as an intermediary and sync to Outlook.Do I need Microsoft Outlook to create a .pst file?
Can I open the resulting .pst in another email client?
.pst files directly.
