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Create and manage lists of contacts on iCloud.com
When you create a contact, it’s placed in the All Contacts list. To help organize your contacts and make them easier to find, you can create additional lists.
To use Contacts on iCloud.com, you must be using a tablet or computer.
Create a list
Lists are in alphabetical order, with All Contacts at the top of the list.
Go to icloud.com/contacts, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Click
in the sidebar.If you don’t see the sidebar, click
.Type a name for the list, then press Return or Enter.
To change the list name later, hold your pointer over the list in the sidebar, click
, then click Rename List and enter a new name in the text field. Press Return or Enter.
Move contacts to a list
You can add a contact to more than one list. When you add a contact to a new list, it remains in the old list, unless you remove it.
Go to icloud.com/contacts, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Select one or more contacts that you want to move.
Drag the contacts to a list in the sidebar on the left.
Remove a contact from a list
When you remove a contact from a list, it’s removed from that list only. It remains in the All Contacts list.
If you delete a contact from the All Contacts list, it’s deleted from all your devices that have Contacts turned on in iCloud settings.
Go to icloud.com/contacts, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Click the list that contains the contact you want to remove.
Click the contact, click
at the top of the contacts list, then choose Delete Contact. Or click the contact, then press Delete on your keyboard.
Delete a list
When you delete a list, the contacts it contains remain in the All Contacts list.
Go to icloud.com/contacts, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Hold your pointer over the list you want to delete, click
, then click Delete List.
If you accidentally delete a list or contact, you can restore an archived version of your contacts. See Restore contacts stored in iCloud on iCloud.com.
Learn how to use Contacts on iCloud.com on a tablet.