How to Group Your Contacts by How You Know Them in the iPhone Contacts App 2019

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By default, your iPhone contacts are automatically sorted alphabetically by last name then first name, but they're displayed in the order of first name, last name.

For this tip to work as written, you will need to change the display order to last name, first name. (If you prefer to group your contacts in a different way than shown in this tip, this article goes into more detail about customizing sort and display order in the Contacts app.)


Open the Settings and go to Contacts




Tap Display Order and then select Last, First.



Now you are ready to start grouping your contacts.




When I want to group contacts together, I enter the person's full name in the First name field. (Learn how to edit a contact's name here.)


In the Last name field, I enter a word or initials that indicate how I know them. For example, all of my coworkes' last names are listed as "Work."


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When I want to find them by group, I tap the W in the alphabet on the side of the screen to quickly go to contacts that start with W


Here I will find my coworkers listed all together in the contact list.



This tip was inspired by iPhone Life reader Laurie M.!
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