How to Add Birthdays to an iPhone Calendar

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Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: February 10, 2024

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

1

Open the Contacts app.

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Start by tapping the gray address book icon with multicolored tabs. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.

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Select a contact.

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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.

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Tap "Edit" on the contact.

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Now you can edit all details of the contact.

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Tap "+ add birthday."

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The date scroll will appear at the bottom of the screen.

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Enter the person's birthdate.

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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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Tap "Done" to save your changes.

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This saves this contact’s birthday.

7

Open your calendar.

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It’s the white icon with the current date inside.

8

Enable the Birthdays calendar.

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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."

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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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How to Add Birthdays to an iPhone Calendar

Steps

Open the Contacts app.

Select a contact.

Tap "Edit" on the contact.

Tap "+ add birthday."

Enter the person's birthdate.

Tap "Done" to save your changes.

Open your calendar.

Enable the Birthdays calendar.

Tap "Done."

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