Take Control of Apple Contacts

Manage Your Contacts

The Contacts app offers a number of tools to organize your contacts, some of which are far from obvious. You can create lists of various kinds, block contacts, merge duplicates, link contacts across accounts, and manage other apps’ access to data from Contacts.

Create and Use Lists

Lists let you group contacts together. As examples, a list could be your extended family members, all the members of your volleyball team, the coworkers in your department, or everyone you want to receive your holiday cards. It’s up to you. You can have as many or as few lists as you need, and each list can contain any number of cards.

Some people use lists simply for convenience, as a list can help you quickly narrow searches and simplify tasks ...