How to Add Birthdays to an iPhone Calendar

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: June 3, 2022

This wikiHow teaches you how to see your contacts’ birthdays in the iPhone Calendar app.

1

Open the Contacts app.

You can add new birthdays to your calendar in your iPhone's Contacts app. Start by tapping the gray address book icon with multicolored tabs. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.

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2

Select a contact.

Tap the contact whose birthday you want to add. This opens the contact’s details.
- If the person is not one of your phone contacts, you’ll have to add them first.

3

Tap "Edit" on the contact.

You'll see Edit at the top-right corner. Now you can edit all details of the contact.

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4

Tap "+ add birthday."

You might have to scroll down a little bit to see this option. The date scroll will appear at the bottom of the screen.

5

Enter the person's birthdate.

Select the person’s birth date from the scrolls. Swipe down on the day, month, and year until the correct date appears in black at the center of the scroll.

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6

Tap "Done" to save your changes.

Tap Done at the top-right corner. This saves this contact’s birthday.

7

Open your calendar.

Return to the home screen and open the Calendar. It’s the white icon with the current date inside.

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8

Enable the Birthdays calendar.

If the Birthdays calendar isn't enabled, you won't see your contacts birthdays. To enable the calendar:
- Tap Calendars at the bottom.
- Add a checkmark next to "Birthdays." If there’s a check mark in its radio button, that means your contacts’ birthdays are set to appear in the calendar. If not, tap the radio button to add one.

9

Tap "Done."

Tap Done at the top-right corner. The contact’s birthday now appears on the calendar. You can verify by going to the date in the calendar—there will be a little present icon to indicate that it’s the person’s birthday.

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About This Article

Written by:

Nicole Levine, MFA

wikiHow Technology Writer

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 60,040 times.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Contacts.
2. Tap a Contact.
3. Tap Edit.
4. Tap + add birthday.
5. Enter the date and tap Done.
6. Open the Calendar.
7. Tap Calendars.
8. Select Birthdays and tap Done.

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