With mobile phones becoming the norm, having all kinds of contacts saved on your phone is not uncommon. However, some of these contacts can be more important than others. In this case, consider hiding these contacts on your iPhone.
Unfortunately, there is no direct way to hide contacts on your iPhone. However, you can use indirect ways to separately save the contacts or hide them on your iPhone using other apps. For more details, here’s a step-by-step look.
1. Not Saving the Contact
The easiest way to hide individual contacts on your iPhone is by not saving them. You can instead physically write the contact information on paper or remember it. Then, when required, manually input the number before making the call. Once the call is done, you can delete the call history from your iPhone. This will remove the number from your iPhone.
2. Hide Contacts From Siri & Search
Using Siri, you can look up things like contacts by voice commands. And while this is especially handy, search results can include contacts you might want to hide otherwise. In this case, exclude contact suggestions from Siri & Search. This will allow you to use Siri without worrying about specific contacts showing up. Follow the below steps to do it.
Step 1: Open the Settings app and tap on ‘Siri & Search’.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Contacts.
Step 3: Then, turn off all the toggles on this page. Once done, tap on the back icon.
Step 4: Then, tap on Phone.
Step 5: Again, turn off all the toggles.
This will ensure Siri doesn’t have access to your contacts on your iPhone, helping you hide them from the search results.
3. By Saving It to Your Device Separately
If you want to hide a phone number but still want it on your device, export it to the Files folder and delete it from the Contacts app. This will ensure the number stays on your iPhone but is hidden from everyone. Then, when required, you can access the contact file to see the phone number. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Contacts app and tap on the relevant contact.
Step 2: Scroll down and tap on Share Contact.
Step 3: From the options, tap on ‘Save to Files’.
Step 4: Now, select the file you wish to save the contact card to. Then, tap on Save.
This will save the contact card on your device. Once done, proceed to delete the contact from your iPhone. Here’s how to do it.
Step 5: In the Contacts app, open the contact once again. Then, scroll down and tap on Delete Contact.
Step 6: Again tap on Delete Contact to confirm.
This will remove the contact from your iPhone, thus hiding it from others. If you want to hide another contact, follow the above steps to export it as a contact card and then delete the contact from your iPhone.
4. Using the Notes App
Another way to hide recent contacts on iPhone is by saving them in the Notes app. Here, manually type the contact information in a new note. Then, lock the note. So, whenever someone opens the Notes app, they must unlock the note using the set password to see the contact information. This way, you can secretly save multiple contacts on your iPhone.
5. Add Contacts to List
On your iPhone, you can create contact lists to segregate your contacts. However, this can also help hide your contacts. All you need to do is create a new list and add the contacts you wish to be visible to it. Then, once the list is selected, only the contacts you want to show will be visible. This is helpful in case you want to hide contacts in bulk. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Contacts app and tap on Lists in the top-left corner.
Step 2: Now, tap on Add List.
Step 3: Select the account to create the list. We will select Gmail.
Step 4: Add a new name for the list and tap on Done.
Step 5: Now, tap on the newly created list.
Step 6: Here, tap on Add Contacts.
Step 7: From this page, select the contacts you wish to add to this list. Then, tap on Done.
Once done, your iPhone will only show the contacts currently added to the newly created list, hiding all the others that are not included.
Tip: You can also hide your contacts by creating a contact group in Gmail. Then, delete the relevant contacts from your iPhone.
6. Adding a Nickname
If you wish to hide a contact but still want it to be available in the Contacts app, add a nickname instead. This will hide the contact in plain sight, making it invisible to everyone but you. Consider adding a nickname you’re familiar with to ensure ease of finding the contact. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Contacts app and tap on the relevant contact.
Step 2: In the top-right corner, tap on Edit.
Step 3: Here, change the contact name to the relevant nickname.
Step 4: Once the changes are made, tap on Done.
This will change the contact name to the selected nickname. Thus hiding the contact, even the ones without numbers. You can repeat these steps to add a nickname to any other contact you want to hide on your iPhone.
7. Using Third-Party Apps
Certain third-party apps allow you to hide a phone number on your iPhone directly from the Contacts app. However, to do this, they will need access to your device’s data and contact information. In this case, we recommend using the app if it is trusted. Otherwise, use any of the abovementioned methods to hide the contact on your iPhone.
Stealth Mode On
Deleting your iPhone contacts might make them disappear, but it can cause difficulties when using them again, especially if you forget the number. So, we hope this article helped you hide the relevant contact on your iPhone. You can also check our article to learn more about hiding text messages on your iPhone.
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