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. Tap the person's name.

  3. Adjust settings as needed:

    • To assign a custom ringtone, swipe to move down, then tap Contact ringtone.
    • To edit contact info, tap edit icon, then tap a field to make changes, tap to change the photo, or tap > 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. Tap Organize > Merge & fix.

  3. Tap Merge duplicates.

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

  4. Select options to merge one or all duplicates.

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 more options icon > 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 delete icon.