# Business Card QR to vCard — Save a Scanned Contact as .vcf

> Decode the QR code on a business card and save the contact as a .vcf file for any address book.

To turn a business card QR code into a contact file, drop in a photo of the card or scan it with your camera. If the code carries a vCard, every field is parsed out — name, organisation, job title, every phone number and email address — and offered as a .vcf download that imports into iOS, Android, Outlook and Google Contacts. Folded lines are rejoined and escaped characters resolved, which is where naive parsers usually mangle a card.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/business-card-to-vcard
**Category:** QR & Barcodes (https://convertto.tech/c/qr-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Camera and decoding run in the page — no image is uploaded
- **Input:** Drop, paste, choose several at once, or scan live
- **Safety:** Decoded links are checked structurally before you open them
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Select your image — the file stays on your device and is never uploaded.
2. Press Run, then download the result when it is ready.

## FAQ

### Does this read the printed text on a card?

No — it reads the QR code on the card, not the printed lettering. Cards that carry a QR code almost always encode a full vCard behind it, which is far more reliable than character recognition on a photograph.

### Will the .vcf import into my phone?

Yes. The file is written as vCard 3.0, which iOS, Android, Outlook and Google Contacts all accept. Escaped characters and folded long lines are normalised on the way out, so a card that displayed oddly elsewhere imports cleanly.

### What if the code is not a vCard?

It still decodes, and you are told what it actually is — many cards encode just a website or a LinkedIn link. The .vcf download only appears when there is a genuine contact card to save.

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