Attach a contact to a text message

How do you attach a contact from your phone to a text?

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 25, 2025 2:15 PM

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Posted on Nov 25, 2025 2:30 PM

This is pretty straightforward:


Open Contacts

Find your Contact and open their Contact Card by tapping their name in the list

Scroll down to the Share Contact option


Contacts will first prompt for which contact details you want to share (name, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.)

Once set, click the check box. You'll then get the standard iOS share options where you choose how you want to share this data. Frequent/recent people you message with should be listed at the top, or choose the Messages icon to enter any other recipient's number.

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Nov 25, 2025 2:30 PM in response to Lump155

This is pretty straightforward:


Open Contacts

Find your Contact and open their Contact Card by tapping their name in the list

Scroll down to the Share Contact option


Contacts will first prompt for which contact details you want to share (name, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.)

Once set, click the check box. You'll then get the standard iOS share options where you choose how you want to share this data. Frequent/recent people you message with should be listed at the top, or choose the Messages icon to enter any other recipient's number.

Dec 9, 2025 5:29 PM in response to Camelot

One thing I loved about my android that forced me to return my iPhone 8 back in the day was the fact I could share a contact from within a text message by hitting the + button like you would a photo and share it in real

time with the person asking for it versus leaving that text opening contacts and then sharing from there. I also could share multiple contacts at a time say when a client asks for recommendations for a handyman I could send them 3 -4 different contacts from my text message screen by hitting the + button in text and then selecting contacts and then clicking the several handymen to send them from there. Any chance Apple can do that or may do that one day??

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