Add and use contact information on iPhone

In the Contacts app , you can view and edit your contacts lists from personal, business, and other accounts. You can also create contacts and set up a contact card with your own information.

Ask Siri. Say something like:

“What’s my brother’s work address?”
“Sarah Castelblanco is my sister”
“Send a message to my sister”

Learn how to ask Siri

Create a contact

Tap .

iPhone automatically suggests new contacts from messages you receive in Mail and invitations in Calendar, and from other apps. To turn this feature off, go to Settings > Contacts > Siri & Search, then turn off Find Contacts in Other Apps.

Find a contact

Tap the search field at the top of the contacts list, then enter your search.

You can also search your contacts using Search (see Use iPhone to search for content).

Share a contact

Tap a contact, then tap Share Contact.

See Share documents from apps on iPhone. Sharing a contact shares all the info from the contact’s card.

Quickly reach a contact

Tap one of the buttons below the contact’s name to start a message, call, video call, or email.

The info screen for a contact. At the top is the contact’s photo and name. Below are buttons for sending a message, making a phone call, making a FaceTime call, and sending an email message. Below the buttons is the contact information.

To change the default contact method (for a call, for example), touch and hold the call button, then tap a phone number.

Delete a contact

Go to the contact’s card, then tap Edit.
Scroll down, then tap Delete Contact.

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