How we create groups of contacts on the iPhone (contact list - family, colleagues, friends)

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For efficient modes administration Focus and the contacts in the agenda is useful to know How we create groups of contacts on iPhone (Contact Lists). The groups in contacts are synchronized in iCloud, so they will be available on iPad or Mac if we authenticate the same iCloud account.

A long time, the option to create groups of contacts in Contacts on iPhone It was absent. Family groups, friends, colleagues in Contacts could only be created from iCloud.comContacts.

Apple brings back after many years Groups (Lists) as a feature of the contact agenda on the iPhone, allowing users to create contact groups and send messages or emails to the whole group. At the same time, groups also help administer Focus mode, which Apple develops in the latest iOS versions.

How we create groups of contacts on iPhone - Contact Lists - Family, Business, Friends

This feature by which we can add contact groups on iPhone is available in iOS 16 and Ipados 16.

To have access to the entire list of contacts iCloud From the iPhone, we have two variants. from Phone, then in the bar from the bottom we press on Contacts, or directly from the application Contacts. In my tutorial I will use the application Contacts To show how we create groups of contacts on the iPhone.

1. We open the application Contacts on the iPhone.

Contacts App
Contacts App

2. We go to the list of contacts, and on the left side we press "Lists“.

Lists in Contacts iPhone
Lists in Contacts iPhone

3. In the upper right side we press on “Add List” then We enter the name NEW contact list. In my example I have already created two groups of contacts (contact lists, as Apple calls them).

How we create groups of contacts on iPhone - Contact Lists
How we create groups of contacts on iPhone - Contact Lists

I created the list of "Myteam" contacts. Next we will see how we can add contacts in a group / list of contacts on the iPhone.

How do we add contacts in a list / group of contacts on iPhone

We enter the list of newly created contacts and add contacts. I press on the sign “+” from the upper right and add the desired contacts in the newly created list.

Add Contact in Group - List
Add Contact in Group – List

We have the opportunity to select more contacts from the agenda, then we press “Done” to complete the adding of contacts to the list.

Another option is to open from the agenda the contact we want to add in a list, run to the bottom, then “Add to List”. We select the list of contacts in which we want to add it.

Add contact to list
Add contact to list

How to delete contact from a group of contacts (Remove from Contact Lists)

To eliminate a contact from a list (group of contacts), we enter the list from which we want to eliminate it, then slide from right to left. Remove.

Remove Contact from List
Remove Contact from List

After pressing on “Remove” The contact will be removed from the list but will still remain in the ICLOUD contact list.

We hope that the tutorial is useful ”How to create contact groups on iPhone“.

I've been writing passionately since 2004 about Windows and Linux operating systems, and since 2010 I've become a fan of Apple University. I'm currently writing tutorials for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and other Apple devices.

1 thought on “How we create groups of contacts on the iPhone (contact list - family, colleagues, friends)"

  1. Thank you very much! This tutorial helped me a lot. I was looking for solutions to create contact lists, but I couldn't find anything helpful. Thank you!

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