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.

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Usually, this should take you back to the set of default applications that came preinstalled with your iPhone.

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How do I text to a merged contact?

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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.

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How can I merge multiple contacts by phone number?

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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.

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How do I un-merge iPhone contacts?

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

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If you have a Microsoft Exchange (Hotmail) account active on your iPhone, your iPhone will automatically synchronize all of your contacts. You can see this synced data when you view your Hotmail account on your computer or other web-enabled electronic.

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With iOS 6, Facebook was fully integrated into iOS, allowing users to synchronize their Facebook friends' contacts directly into their phones. Logging into Facebook under Settings should make this occur automatically.

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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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