Have an older 3s iphone and need to save contacts before I complete swipe off all info?

have an older 3s iphone what needs to be complete formatted and I do not what to loose the contacts.  Have not synced in years.  Does not want to sync
Please advise

When you say it does not want to sync, are you receiving an error message? If so, what is it? Is iTunes recognizing the iPhone being connected? What contact manager do you intend to use to sync the contacts to?

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