{"id":62050,"date":"2014-03-07T18:17:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=62050"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:50:01","slug":"windows-phone-guide-how-to-move-from-iphone-to-windows-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/windows-phone-guide-how-to-move-from-iphone-to-windows-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Phone Guide: how to move from iPhone to Windows Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this installment of our <a title=\"Windows Phone: a guide for new (and prospective) users\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-new-users\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>guide to Windows Phone<\/strong><\/a>, we explain how to move from iPhone to a Windows Phone without losing any data. Just like changing from an <a title=\"Windows Phone Guide: how to move from Android to Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-guide-how-to-move-from-android-to-windows-phone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android phone to a Windows Phone<\/a>, it&#8217;s takes a little effort.<\/p>\n<p>Every time we buy a new smartphone we have the same problem: how can we transfer all the data from the old device to the new one? The answer will depend on many factors.  Microsoft is well aware of this and offers a relatively complete <a title=\"Moving from iPhone to Windows Phone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/how-to\/wp8\/start\/moving-from-iphone-to-windows-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> guide<\/a>. The market share of Microsoft \u2018s mobile OS is still <a title=\"StatCounter\" href=\"http:\/\/gs.statcounter.com\/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201311-201401-bar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relatively small<\/a> and marketing teams are still working on it.  Softonic will give you a complete guide <strong>to move successfully from iOS to Windows Phone<\/strong>. Contacts, photos, videos, apps, and email: we&#8217;ve got them all covered.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Sync your mailbox with Windows Phone<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This is probably the simplest of all. To display all of your emails in your new Windows Phone, you have to go to go to <em>Settings<\/em> &gt; <em>email + accounts<\/em>. A very large number of email services are supported, including some of the most popular like Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and Outlook.  <strong>iCloud.com<\/strong> is supported, but it\u2019s not directly mentioned in the list. Don&#8217;t panic, just go to <em>other account<\/em>. All mail accounts that support IMAP or POP should work correctly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Mailbox syncing\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/Email-other-account-568x452.jpg\" alt=\"Mailbox syncing\" width=\"568\" height=\"452\" \/> <em>It should be fairly easy to sync your iCloud.com account<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Contacts and calendars: a delicate operation<\/h3>\n<p>To transfer the contacts from your old iPhone to your new Windows Phone, we have two possible scenarios:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First scenario: <strong>local storage or on iCloud.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By default, Apple devices let you save your contacts in iCloud. Many users refuse to open an online account and prefer to store data locally. If you belong to this second group, here&#8217;s how to transfer your contacts and calendars to your new Windows Phone.  Don\u2019t have Outlook on your PC? Then you should download an app to group your contacts in an Excel file. <a title=\"Contacts Backup - IS Contacts Kit\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/contacts-backup-is-contacts\/id495613029?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Contacts Backup<\/a>, <a title=\"xCalendar Lite\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/xcalendar-lite-export-import\/id556510747?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">xCalendar<\/a>, <a title=\"ExcelContacts \" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/excelcontacts-export-import\/id379262343?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExcelContacts<\/a>, <a title=\"My Contacts Backup\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/my-contacts-backup\/id446784593?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Contacts Backup<\/a> will all do: options are endless, although some are paid.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the file with your contacts saved on your computer, open it and save it as a CSV file.  For the last step, login to your Microsoft account on your Windows Phone and under <em>Add people to your contact list<\/em>, click <em>Import from file<\/em>.  If you use Outlook you have to connect your iPhone to your PC and open iTunes. Then click <em>Info<\/em> &gt; <em>Sync Contacts with<\/em>. Choose <em>Outlook<\/em>, and then click <em>Apply<\/em>.  To import your iPhone calendar you must follow the same procedure: connect your iPhone to your PC via USB, open iTunes and select <em>Info<\/em> &gt; <em>Sync calendars with Outlook<\/em> and then click <em>Apply<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Syncing on iTunes\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/itunes-568x366.jpg\" alt=\"Syncing on iTunes\" width=\"568\" height=\"366\" \/> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Sync contacts in iTunes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you use Exchange, but don&#8217;t sync with Outlook, you will have to force sync between the phone and PC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Second scenario:<strong> storing your contacts on an online account<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you use a could-based service, the steps are quite simple. You can easily sync a Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, and Outlook.com account.  Just go to the <em>Settings<\/em> &gt; <em>email + accounts<\/em> &gt; <em>Google<\/em> menu, enter an email address and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Windows Phone: add Google account\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/25-Feb-14-6-38-59-PM-568x479.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Phone: add Google account\" width=\"568\" height=\"479\" \/> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Tap Settings and then Email and accounts<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><\/em> <em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Windows Phone: add Google account (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/25-Feb-14-6-38-PM-568x479.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Phone: add Google account (2)\" width=\"568\" height=\"479\" \/><\/em> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Enter your Gmail address and associated password and validate<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then select calendar, contacts and email to synchronize everything.<\/p>\n<h3>Documents stored on your device or online<\/h3>\n<p>Only those of you who are using <a title=\"OneDrive on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/microsoft-onedrive.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OneDrive<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s storage solution, can see sit down and relax. The app is installed by default on Windows Phone and all you have to do is login to find all the files stored on your online space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Sync via OneDrive\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/Documents-Outlook-568x452.jpg\" alt=\"Sync via OneDrive\" width=\"568\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The OneDrive Microsoft app is installed by default on Windows Phone<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be sure nothing is lost, however, we advise you to download all of your Dropbox files onto your computer, then copy them to the Windows Phone using a USB cable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"File explorer\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/03\/File-explorer.jpg\" alt=\"File explorer\" width=\"525\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Connect your Windows Phone to your PC using a USB cable to transfer files <\/em><\/p>\n<p>To synchronize the contents of your <strong> <\/strong><a title=\"Set up iCloud\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/icloud\/setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iCloud.com<\/a>, <a title=\"Google Drive on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/google-drive.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Drive<\/a> or other online storage solutions (like <a title=\"Mega on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/s\/mega:multiplatform\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MEGA.co<\/a>, etc.), the steps are the same.<\/p>\n<h3>Music: find your favorite artists on Windows Phone<\/h3>\n<p>The solutions offered by Microsoft will vary depending on your use of the cloud. If you use a streaming service like <a title=\"Spotify on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Spotify<\/a>, <a title=\"Deezer on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/deezer.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a> or <a title=\"TuneIn Radio \" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/tunein-radio\/7f7e3f68-ba3a-e011-854c-00237de2db9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TuneIn Radio<\/a>, they all offer working Windows Phone apps. All you need to do is log into your account to listen to your custom playlists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Deezer interface\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/02\/Streaming-music-568x373.jpg\" alt=\"Deezer interface\" width=\"568\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The main music streaming services are available for WP8<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Is your music in iTunes? Sync Windows Phone with your music: if you are using Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, install <a title=\"Windows Phone App for Windows on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/windows-phone-app-for-desktop.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Phone for PC<\/a>, click Settings and select iTunes. There is also a <a title=\"Windows Phone for Mac\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/windows-phone-7-connector\/id415571499?mt=12&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are still using Windows Vista or XP, you simply have to copy and paste or drag and drop files between the Music folder on your phone and the iTunes library folder on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>If you use the Amazon MP3 Service, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/ap\/signin?_encoding=UTF8&amp;openid.assoc_handle=usflex&amp;openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&amp;openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&amp;openid.mode=checkid_setup&amp;openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&amp;openid.ns.pape=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fextensions%2Fpape%2F1.0&amp;openid.pape.max_auth_age=900&amp;openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fdmusic%2Fhelp%2Famd-bm.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26*Version*%3D1%26*entries*%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon MP3 Downloader<\/a> to retrieve your purchases and your local music, and then transfer the data onto your Windows Phone via Windows Explorer or Finder.<\/p>\n<h3>Photos &amp; Videos: the cloud makes it easier<\/h3>\n<p>Regarding your multimedia files, people who use online storage will again be in a better position. If you store your photos on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook-windows-phone7.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsphone.com\/en-us\/store\/app\/flickr\/2e49fb07-592b-e011-854c-00237de2db9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/onedrive.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-7\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OneDrive<\/a>, then download the corresponding Windows Phone 8 app and connect your account to synchronize all of your online files on your Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<p>Bad news for those who don&#8217;t save their images on the cloud: you need to connect your old iPhone to your computer, copy the files to your PC or Mac, and then paste the data in your Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<h3>Application ecosystem<\/h3>\n<p>If you still have any doubts regarding the apps available for Windows Phone, we invite you to (re)read our <a href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/which-os-has-the-most-popular-apps-ios-android-or-windows-phone\">summary of top 30 mobile app<\/a>s and their respective availability on Windows Phone, Android and iOS to get an idea of what&#8217;s out there.<\/p>\n<p>As you may have noticed, the verdict is final. The use of online services to store contacts, documents and music becomes essential when changing smartphone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more about <a title=\"Windows Phone: a guide for new (and prospective) users\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/windows-phone-new-users\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Phone in our guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this installment of our guide to Windows Phone, we explain how to move from iPhone to a Windows Phone without losing any data. Just like changing from an Android phone to a Windows Phone, it&#8217;s takes a little effort. 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