Add a contact
1. Tap .
2. If you're signed in to several accounts, select the account to which you want to save the contact.
You cannot save a contact to your phone only, it’s always saved to an account.
3. Add the contact details, and tap .
Tip: Your contacts are backed up automatically to your Microsoft account.
Edit a contact
Tap the contact and , and edit or add details, such as a ringtone or a web address.
Delete a contact
Tap the contact and
> delete.
The contact is deleted both from your phone and, with some exceptions such as Facebook, Twitter,
and LinkedIn, from the social networking service where it's stored.
Tip: If you want to delete multiple contacts quickly, on your computer, log in to people.live.com
with your Microsoft account, and delete them there.
Filter your contacts list
If you don't want contacts from social networking services to show up in your contacts list, you can
filter them out. In the contacts list, tap
> settings > filter contacts list and the accounts you
want to show or hide.
Tip: You can also filter out the contacts without phone numbers. Switch Hide contacts without
phone numbers to On
.
Save a number from a received call
Have you received a call from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in your People hub?
You can easily save the number in a new or existing contacts list entry.
1. Tap , and swipe to history.
2. Tap next to a phone number, and tap .
3. Tap , edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap .
4. Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap .
Save a number from a received message
Have you received a message from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in your People
hub? You can easily save the number in a new or existing contacts list entry.
1. Tap Messaging.
2. In the conversations list, tap a conversation and > .
3. Tap , edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap .
4. Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap .
Search for a contact
Need to contact your friends quickly? Rather than scrolling through all your contacts, you can search
or jump to a letter or character in the contacts list. You can also use a voice command to call or send
a message to a contact.
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