Managing Contacts on iPhone

Add a contact on iPhone: 

Tap Contacts and tap Plus sign.

Delete a contact: 

In Contacts, choose a contact, than tap Edit. Scroll down and tap Delete Contact.

Add a contact from the keypad: 

Tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap Add contact icon. Tap Create New Contact and enter the caller’s information, or tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.

Edit contact information: 

In Contacts, choose a contact, then tap Edit. To add an item, tap Green dot with plus sign. To delete an item, tap Red dot with minus sign.

Enter a pause in a number: 

Tap Symbols icon, then tap Pause. One or more pauses may be required by a phone system before dialing an extension, for example. Pauses appear as commas when the number is saved.

Add a recent caller’s phone number to your contacts: 

Tap Recents and tap Blue dot with right arrow next to the number. Then tap Create New Contact, or tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.

Assign a photo to a contact:

  1. Tap Contacts and choose a contact.

  2. Tap Edit and tap Add Photo, or tap the existing photo.

  3. Tap Take Photo to use the camera. Or tap Choose Existing Photo and choose a photo.

  4. Drag and scale the photo as desired.

  5. Tap Set Photo.

Use a contact’s info screen: 

Tap Contacts and choose a contact. Then tap an item.

Contact info screen showing a phone number, ringtone, email address, web address, and street address. Near the bottom are buttons for sending a text message, sharing the contact, and adding the phone number to Favorites.

NOTE: The Contacts screen shown here includes the buttons across the bottom that are available when you view Contacts from within the Phone application. These buttons don’t appear if you open Contacts directly from the Home screen.

A star next to a phone number means the number is in your favorites list.

See your own phone number: 

Tap Contacts and scroll to the top of the list. (Not available in all regions.)