HT4946 Backing up contacts from iPhone

What's the best way to backup contacts from iPhone? When I back up my phone on iTunes, does it backup my contacts too?
Last time I tried to backup with address book, it completely deleted all my contacts !
Can anyone please help ?
Thanks!

Hi head-hurtz!
If your contacts are stored on iCloud, you can export them in vCard format directly from the iCloud website to achieve this goal:
iCloud: Export contact information as a vCard
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3606
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

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