ToolyCSV is the one format that imports almost anywhere — Google Contacts, Outlook, a CRM, a spreadsheet. WhatsApp itself gives you no way to export, and it never even shows the phone numbers of people you've saved. Tooly reads them from your own signed-in WhatsApp Web session and writes a clean, universal CSV. Here's exactly what you get and how.
What's inside the CSV
Every contact becomes one row. The header row is always in English, whatever language your extension is set to, so an import mapping you build once keeps working. Seventeen columns, grouped by what you'd use them for:
| Columns | What they hold |
|---|---|
| Saved Name, Public Name | The name in your address book, and the name the person shows on WhatsApp — the second fills the gap when you never saved them. |
| Phone, Formatted | Phone is plain digits with the country code first (5511987654321) — the form importers and lookups want. Formatted is the same number for humans (+55 11 98765-4321). |
| Country Code, Country | The dial code and the country it belongs to, worked out on your device from the number itself. |
| Timezone, Carrier (est.), Line Type, Language | Offline estimates from the number: UTC offset (marked “varies” for countries with several zones), the carrier the range was originally given to, mobile or landline, and the country's main language. |
| Chat Link | A wa.me link that opens a chat with that number in one click. |
| Is My Contact, Is Business, Labels, Is Admin, Is Blocked | Flags written as yes or left empty, plus your WhatsApp Business labels — easy to filter on in any spreadsheet. |
| Source (or Groups) | Where the row came from — Contacts, a chat list or a group name. With Premium's “unique numbers only” switch, one row per person with every group they're in. |
Where a CSV goes
Because it's the universal interchange format, one export drops straight into all of these — no reformatting:
Get your CSV in four steps
Install Tooly
Add it from the Chrome Web Store — no sign-up, and the CSV export is free with no contact limit.
Open WhatsApp Web & scan
Sign in at web.whatsapp.com, open the Tooly side panel, and click Scan WhatsApp. Everything is read locally.
Pick the Contacts tab
Choose Contacts for your whole address book, or Groups / Chats for a single list.
Export as CSV
Hit Export and choose CSV. Your file lands in Downloads instantly, headers and all.
CSV or Excel — which should you pick?
Pick CSV
When you'll import the contacts somewhere — Google Contacts, Outlook, a CRM, an email tool. It's plain, portable, and every app reads it.
Pick Excel
When you'll edit and analyse in a workbook — sort, colour, add columns. See export to Excel.
Tooly writes both from the same scan, so you never have to choose blind.
Need the CSV as a .vcf for a phone later? Drop it into the free CSV to VCF converter. It runs in your browser, and a .vcf you already have converts back with VCF to CSV.
Frequently asked questions
Can I export WhatsApp contacts to CSV for free?
Yes — your full list to CSV, no contact cap and no account. Premium only adds filters, CRM presets and JSON.
What exactly is the file?
A standard UTF-8, comma-delimited CSV with a header row and one row per contact. It opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, or any CSV importer.
Will it import into Google Contacts or Outlook?
Yes. CSV is the universal import format — Google Contacts, Outlook, Mailchimp and nearly every CRM accept a CSV upload, so one file works across all of them.
Are my contacts uploaded anywhere?
No. Tooly is read-only and runs entirely in your browser. The CSV is written on your device and never sent to a server.
How many contacts can I export?
There's no cap — every contact and number loaded in your WhatsApp Web session goes into the file.
One scan, a CSV that imports anywhere
Clean columns, international numbers, ready for Google, Outlook or your CRM. Free, and entirely on your device.
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