How to Merge Two or More iPhone Contacts Together

Last Updated: May 7, 2020 Tested

Ever seen two or more contacts that are based on the same person's contact information on your iPhone? Understand how you can merge these contacts together to form one contact. You can learn how to do this, with this article.

Steps

1
Power on and unlock your iPhone.
2
Press the Home button at the bottom of your iPhone. Usually, this should take you back to the set of default applications that came preinstalled with your iPhone.

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3
Tap the "Contacts" application from the screen.
4
Find the two contacts you'd like to merge on the list.
5
Find the more-currently correct listing.
6
Tap the correct listing.
7
Click the "Edit" button from the top right hand corner of the screen.
8
Scroll almost to the bottom of the screen.
9
Click the "Link Contact" button, which should be directly above the "Delete Contact" button.
10
Find the other contact you would like to merge into this contact you originally selected.
11
Verify the second contact is the exact one you'd like to merge in with the first contact.
12
Click the "Link" button from the top right hand corner of the screen.
13
Repeat these last few steps, until you have correctly merged all accounts.
14
Make other applicable changes to the name or other details, if preferred.
15
Click the "Done" button in the upper right hand corner to save your changes to the new merged contact card.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I text to a merged contact?

Community Answer

Just as you normally would. Go into messages and add a new contact, then select your merged contact. If for some reason it doesn't work, just add them each individually.
Question

How can I merge multiple contacts by phone number?

Community Answer

When you open the contact's details to be edited, scroll to the end of the edit options, and you will find the button for link contacts. Here you can link the other number you wish.
Question

How do I un-merge iPhone contacts?

Community Answer

Go to the very bottom of the contact while still in "edit" mode and unlink the contacts.

Warnings

Only complete the merge, if there is additional data contained within the contact card that is not on the merge-to card. Delete those permanently where the information has no additional or incorrect information.

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