Use other contact accounts on iPad

You can include contacts from other accounts in the Contacts app .

Use your iCloud contacts

Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, then turn on Contacts.

Use your Google contacts

Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts.
Tap Google, sign in to your account, then turn on Contacts.

Add contacts from another account

Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account.
Choose an account, sign in to it, then turn on Contacts.

Access a Microsoft Exchange Global Address List

Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts.
Tap Exchange, sign in to your Exchange account, then turn on Contacts.

Set up an LDAP or CardDAV account to access business or school directories

Go to Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Add Account > Other.
Tap Add LDAP Account or Add CardDAV Account, then enter the account information.

Keep contacts up to date across devices

To keep your contact information up to date across all your devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID, you can use iCloud.

Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, then turn on Contacts.

Alternatively, you can sync the information between iPad and your Mac or Windows PC to keep the information up to date across iPad and your computer. See Sync iPad with your computer.

If you use iCloud for Contacts, your contacts are kept up to date automatically, and no options appear for syncing them with your computer.

Import contacts from a vCard

Tap a .vcf attachment in an email or message.

Add a contact from a directory

Tap Groups, then tap the GAL, CardDAV, or LDAP directory you want to search.
Tap Done, then enter your search.
Tap the person’s name to save their info to your contacts.

Show or hide a group

Tap Groups, then select the groups you want to see.

This button appears only if you have more than one source of contacts.

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