The Fastest Way to Share Contact Information from Your iPhone
You can send contact details (also known as a contact card) via text or email directly from the Contacts app in your iPhone. Do you often find yourself typing out phone numbers or addresses into a text when you need to share one contact's information with another contact? Well, you'll be happy to hear that there's a much easier way to share contact information on your iPhone—and it doesn't involve copying and pasting or tediously typing it out.
Related: How to Add a Contact to the Contacts App on Your iPhone
How to Send a Contact from Your iPhone
We've gone over how to create a contact group, how to search contacts on your iPhone, and how to add a contact on your iPhone. For more tips about the Contacts app and Phone app, check out our free Tip of the Day. When you add people to your contacts, a contact card is automatically created on your iPhone for each contact so that all of the contact's information is grouped into one place. This makes it simple to share a contact on your iPhone using a few steps.
Here's how to send contact information using the Contacts app on your iPhone:
- First, go to Contacts.
- Tap the contact whose information you wish to share.
- Tap Share Contact.
- Choose a sharing method, such as email or text message.
- Choose a recipient and tap Send.
Pro tip: you can customize your share sheet to prioritize your favorite contacts and apps!
Now you know how to send contact information to recipients using the contact card on your phone! Sharing iPhone contacts has never been easier.
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Sarah Kingsbury
As the Editorial Director at iPhone Life, Sarah Kingsbury manages the online editorial team and oversees all website content. She is a long-time Apple enthusiast who never goes anywhere without her Apple Watch and owns way too many HomePods. Since joining iPhone Life in 2013, Sarah has done everything from writing hundreds of how-to articles to founding the Daily Tip newsletter. She even co-hosted the early episodes of the iPhone Life Podcast. When not at work, Sarah can be found hiking in the mountains and canyons around Las Vegas, where she lives with her partner and dogs.
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