One apple ID, multiple Iphones

Currently we have 2 iphones sharing an apple id.  In the beginning it wasn't a problem, but now it is.  All the contacts are a mess.  I would like to create a new apple ID for one of the phones, but is there a way to not lose all the contacts on one of the phones.  Hoping there is a way to save them and then edit the contacts list on a PC.  HELP!

You can migrate one of the phones, along with a copy of the iCloud data, to a new iCloud account.  To do this, start by saving any photo stream photos you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll.  If you are syncing notes with iCloud, you'll need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account.  Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the other phone won't be effected by this), choose Keep on My iPhone and provide the password when prompted.  Then sign back in with a different Apple ID to create your new account and choose Merge to upload the data.
Once both phones are on separate accounts, you can go to icloud.com and manually delete any data you don't want from each account without effecting the other.

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