2 Easy Ways to Sort Google Contacts by Date Added

Part 1. Is It Possible to Sort Google Contacts by Date Added?

Before you proceed further, it is important that you learn if it is possible to Google contacts sort by date added.

Unfortunately, the Google Contacts app does not allow you to sort your contacts by date added. The only sorting options available to you are sort by First name and sort by Last name.

However, that does not mean you cannot sort your contacts by date added at all. When you create a new Google contact, you are actually given the option to add a note or a label to your contact. You can create date-based labels and assign them to your contacts, to later sort your contacts by date added.

Part 2. How to Sort Google Contacts by Date Added?

There are two ways for how to sort Google contacts by date added. You can either use labels or you can use notes along with a Chrome extension.

The following describes both of those methods for you.

1. Via Google Contacts Labels

In Google contacts, you can add a label (the date you created the contact) when you adding a contact. And the labels you created will appear at the left panel, click each of them you can check the contacts under this Label. The following shows how to create a new contact and add a label to it in Google Contacts.

• Launch the Google Contacts app on your phone.
• Tap the + (plus) icon to add a new contact.
• Enter the details of your new contact, like their name and phone number.

• After you entered all the details, add a label to your new contact. Remember that the label should be the date you created the contact.

  

• After doing this for your contacts, you can find that your Google contacts are sorted by date on the left panel.

  

You can now open Google Contacts anytime and click this label to view all your contacts that have been assigned this label.

2. By Add Note to Your Google Contacts

You can use the notes feature as well to sort Google contacts by date added in Google Contacts. To do this, you will need to either create a new contact or add a note to an existing one. The following shows how to do this procedure.

• Open and edit one of the contacts on your device.

• Access the Notes field and enter the date you added that contact to your list.

  
• Do the above for each of your contacts.
• Download and install the free Contact Editor for Google Contacts extension in your Chrome browser. Sign in with Google account.

• Use the extension to open your contacts list. Then, sort the Notes field to sort your contacts by date added.

  

That is how do you sort Google contacts by date added.

Part 3. Sort, Filter and Download Contacts from Google Drive Selectively

Looking for an easier way to sort, filter and download contacts from Google drive? Now Tenorshare UltData for Android makes it easy to download, view and analyze data stored on Google Drive with its built-in viewer, and offers one-click downloading feature to download contacts, messages, and more data from Google Drive selectively.

• Download and open the aforementioned tool on your computer. Click "Recover Google Drive Data" in the tool.

  

• Enter your Google account and password, and then and click "Sign in".

  

• Once you log in to your Google account successfully, tick Contacts and click Start in the tool.

  

• After that，all your Google contacts will be list by category. You can sort and search Google contacts with the built-in viewer. Finally, select the contacts to download and click Recover.

  

Your contacts will be downloaded and you will get a notification when your contacts are downloaded.

Part 4. People Also Asked about Sorting Google Contacts

If you use Google Contacts as your primary address book, you probably have questions about the usage of this app. The following answers some of those questions for you.

1. How do I sort Google contacts by last name?

You can sort Google Contacts by last name as follows.

• Open the Google Contacts app, tap the menu icon, and select Settings.

• Tap Sort by and choose Last name.

  
• Your contacts will now be sorted by last name.

2. How do I sort my contacts by first name?

You can sort your contacts by first name in Google Contacts as follows.

• Access the Google Contacts app, tap the menu icon, and choose Settings.

• Select Sort by and tap First name.

  
• Your contacts are now sorted by first name.

3. How do I merge duplicate contacts?

Google Contacts lets you easily merge and fix duplicate contacts on your phone. The following is how you use that feature on your phone.

• Fire up the Google Contacts app, tap the menu icon, and tap Merge & fix.

• Tap Merge duplicates to merge your duplicate contacts.

  

You are all set.

Summary

There are many reasons you would want to sort Google contacts. With the methods above, you should be able to do that without any hassle. Tenorshare UltData for Android offers the one-click downloading and easy viewing of data stored in Google drive. In case you lost Android contacts after factory reset, update or for some other reason, it would also help you get lost contacts back.