iOS 12

Add and use contact information on iPad

In the Contacts app , you can view and edit your contacts lists from personal, business, and other accounts. You can also create contacts and set up a contact card with your own information.

Ask Siri. Say something like:

“What’s my brother’s work address?”
“Sarah Castelblanco is my sister”
“Send a message to my sister”

Learn how to ask Siri

Create a contact

Tap .

iPad automatically suggests new contacts from messages you receive in Mail and invitations in Calendar, and from other apps. To turn this feature off, go to Settings > Contacts > Siri & Search, then turn off Find Contacts in Other Apps.

Find a contact

Tap the search field at the top of the contacts list, then enter your search.

You can also search your contacts using Search (see Use iPad to search for content).

Share a contact

Tap a contact, then tap Share Contact.

See Share documents from apps on iPad. Sharing a contact shares all the info from the contact’s card.

Quickly reach a contact

Tap one of the buttons below the contact’s name to start a message, call, video call, or email.

The Contacts app open, with the Contacts list on the left and the selected contact card on the right. Below the contact’s photo and name are buttons for sending a message, making a phone call, making a video call, and sending an email message. Below the buttons is the contact information.

To change the default contact method (for a call, for example), touch and hold the call button, then tap a phone number.

Delete a contact

Go to the contact’s card, then tap Edit.
Scroll down, then tap Delete Contact.

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