Edit or delete contacts

Edit contacts

After creating a contact, you can change the name, photo, and other contact information.

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Touch the person's name.
  3. Adjust settings as needed:

    • To assign a custom ringtone, touch > Set ringtone.
    • To send calls directly to voicemail, touch > Route to voicemail. You can also block calls.
    • To edit contact info, touch , then touch a field to make changes, touch to change the photo, or touch > Discard to undo changes.

Merge contacts

If you have two contacts for the same person, you can merge the information (including all emails and phone numbers) into a single listing.

Automatically merge contacts

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Touch .
  3. Touch .
  4. Touch Merge duplicates.

    If you don’t see this option, contacts can't be automatically merged.

  5. Select options to merge one or all duplicates.

Merge contacts manually

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Touch the primary contact to merge.

    By default, this contact’s name is used for the new listing.

  3. Touch the name of the contact to add.

TipYou can edit the primary contact name (for the merged listing), or delete or change other contact information as needed.

Delete contacts

You can delete contacts created and stored on your phone. If the contact is synced from a social network account, you need to delete the contact in that account. For example, a Facebook contact must be deleted from within your Facebook account. Or, hide Facebook contacts on your phone by filtering your contact list.

Delete one contact

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Touch the person's name.
  3. Touch > Delete and confirm the deletion.

Delete multiple contacts

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. In your contact list, touch & hold the first contact.
  3. Touch the other contacts to delete.
  4. Touch .