How to Add and Manage Contacts on Your iPhone
Adding contacts, editing their information, and organizing them properly makes calling, texting, and FaceTiming much easier. Here is how to manage contacts on iPhone.
Add a new contact from scratch
~24sQuick Tip
Tap "add field" at the bottom to add a birthday, physical address, relationship, company, or notes. Adding the birthday lets Calendar remind you each year.
Add a contact from a text or phone call
~18sAdd a photo to a contact
~23sQuick Tip
Quick Tip: Adding photos helps you recognize who is calling at a glance, especially for less familiar numbers.
Edit or update an existing contact
~16sSet a contact as a Favorite for quick access
~15sYou Did It!
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Your iPhone's contacts app is your digital phone book. Keeping it organized — with complete names, multiple phone numbers, email addresses, and birthdays — makes calling, texting, emailing, and FaceTiming much easier because you never have to remember a phone number.
Contacts saved to your iPhone via iCloud sync automatically to all your Apple devices. Contacts saved to your Google account sync to any phone where you are signed into Google.
What to include in a contact:
- Full name (first and last — helps Siri understand who you mean) - Phone number (label whether it is mobile, home, or work) - Email address - Home address (for navigation or mailing) - Birthday (iPhone reminds you) - Photo (makes incoming calls easier to recognize) - Company or relationship (example: "Dr. Smith — Cardiologist")
You can add contacts from several places: directly in the Contacts app, from a text message, from a missed call, from an email, or by scanning a QR code someone shares.
Contacts sync via iCloud by default. Go to Settings → your name → iCloud → Contacts to make sure syncing is on.
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