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 More Fields, then touch a field to make changes.
    • To undo your edits, touch > Discard changes.
    • To assign a custom ringtone, touch > Set ringtone.
    • To change the photo, touch .
    • To block calls, touch > All calls to voicemail.
  5. Touch .

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 > Link.
  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.

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.