# Rare + Google Contacts: two-way sync for your personal CRM

Status: Available

Rare syncs with Google Contacts in both directions. It joins what can be joined and never quietly picks a winner: when Rare and Google disagree about someone, it asks you.

- **Setup:** About 15 minutes
- **Direction:** Two-way
- **Conflicts:** Always asked, never guessed
- **Today:** Available on the web

## What you get

- Your Google contacts as people in Rare, matched to the people already there
- Changes in either place carried to the other
- Every conflict shown to you to decide, never settled by a rule
- A Sync History of everything the sync changed

## How it works today

1. **Open Settings → Connections → Google.** In Rare on the web, choose Connect Google. A guide walks you through creating your own Google Cloud client, so your contacts flow only between Google and Rare.
2. **Review the merge.** Rare prepares a plan for joining your contacts and shows you each decision. Nothing changes until you apply it.
3. **Stay in sync.** After the first merge, changes flow both ways automatically.

## Questions

### Will syncing overwrite anything?

No. When Rare and Google disagree about a person, Rare asks you which is right instead of choosing.

### Can I disconnect later?

Yes. Disconnecting keeps your people and Sync History in Rare, and reconnecting the same account picks up where you left off.

## Related integrations

- [Google Calendar](https://rarecrm.ai/integrations/google-calendar.md)
- Gmail
- [MCP server](https://rarecrm.ai/integrations/mcp.md)