Edit or delete contacts

Edit contacts

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

  1. Touch > .
  2. Touch the person's name.
  3. Touch .
  4. Do any of the following:

    • Touch a field or menu to make changes, then touch .
    • To undo your edits, touch > Discard changes.
    • To assign a custom ringtone, touch > Set ringtone.
    • To change the photo, touch .
    • To block calls, touch > Route to voicemail.

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.

  1. Touch > .
  2. Touch the primary contact to merge.

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

  3. Touch .
  4. Touch > Join.
  5. 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.
  6. Touch .

To reverse this process, open the merged contact and touch . Then touch > Separate.

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.

  1. Touch > .
  2. Touch the name of the person.
  3. Touch > > Delete and confirm the deletion.