How to Hide Contacts on iPhone

We show you various alternatives to hide contacts through some native apps and settings on iPhone

With the large number of contacts we store daily You might wonder if we can hide unused or less important contacts.. We tell you that there is no way to hide contacts directly on iPhone There are indirect ways to do that, which we will show below.. Note, you can't hide private contacts on Android either. As Apple's mobile operating system, this is not a drawback of iOS.

Hides contacts from Siri and Search

If you're one of those users who use Siri on a daily basis, one way to hide contacts is through contact suggestions. You can continue to use Siri without worrying about specific contacts.

1. Open and navigate to Settings Siri and Search
2. Scroll down and click on this section contacts

Hide Siri Search in Contacts

1. Turn off all the switches on this page
2. Go to Siri & Search and select Telephone
3. Turn off all switches of this section

Hide Siri Search on Mobile

The next time you use Siri, she won't be able to access your contacts So they won't show up in an imaginary quest. Worse, if you're used to requesting calls through Siri, you won't be able to make them anymore.

Send it to your files as a contact file

It's normal to delete contact information or contacts you don't want to keep in the Contacts or Phone app. If you need it in another category, you can choose the Files app as the final destination. Here it is implicitly hidden, and how you can do it:

1. Open the Contacts app and click on their contact card
2. Scroll and select the option Share the contact
3. Click on Save to files

Hides contacts in files

1. Select the location where you want to save the contact card and confirm Save
2. Return to the Contacts app and click on the Delete Contact section at the end
3. Confirm the operation

The information is moved to another location and the contact is “hidden”. However, if you want to contact said contact, you must manually add a phone number to send a message or make a call.

Use any tips app

Normal thing Use the native app that comes on iPhone by opening a new note that provides contact information or contacts You want to hide. You can add extra security by adding a password. Let's remember that before the era of mobile phones, there was an address and contact book in which we wrote by hand.

The Notes app hides a large number of functions and features

Split the list of hidden contacts by a list

The most practical way to hide contacts is through the list. Usually the iPhone manages a single contacts section but it is possible Add listings from different sourcesFor example, from Google or Microsoft email. Very useful if you have many contacts you want to hide.

1. Open the Contacts app and tap on Lists From the top left corner
2. Click on the list Add list
3. Select the relevant account to create the list (may be from iCloud or another source)

Hiding contacts by creating a list

1. Add a name to that list and click Done
2. Click on New List
3. Add relevant contacts
4. Tap Done when you are done with the selection.

These contacts are now part of that list So they won't show up in the default list iCloud, which is something we usually see (if you have that list configured primarily and only). You can move them to another source, connect it to Google instead of selecting iCloud, and then delete them from the iCloud list.

Find a third-party app that meets your needs

It is at least advisable to look for third-party apps that work for you. The downside is precisely that they will demand access to your iPhone data and contact information. If you trust an app, you can access it, otherwise it's better to use one of the previous methods or ask for a recommendation through internet forums or Google is always the solution.

Go back over time and write on a notebook or card

As we mentioned earlier, in the days when landlines dominated our homes, there was always a directory or address book with contact numbers on one page. It is natural to write down contact information in a notebook, agenda or card.. If you do, only you know where to store that information.

Conversely, if you want to highlight contacts above all else, here's how to add them as favorites.