Hide contacts from Spotlight and Look Up searchHide contact name on iPhone using a nicknameHow to hide all contacts on iPhoneHide iPhone contacts using GmailHow to hide a contact on iPhone using Mac
Hide contacts from Spotlight and Look Up search
Spotlight search may be enough to evade your privacy and display sensitive contacts. Contacts will inadvertently appear when you are searching for something else. Follow these steps to hide iPhone contacts from Spotlight and Look Up. Your contacts list will now be removed from Spotlight and Look Up. Additionally, you may also want to disable Phone from the list so that your recent phone calls are not visible there either.
Hide contact name on iPhone using a nickname
Did you know you can hide your contact name? Follow these simple steps to mask a contact using a nickname. Note: This method cannot be done in bulk and will have to be done individually for every contact. This method will not completely remove the contacts, but it will just hide a few names.
How to hide all contacts on iPhone
Follow these steps to hide all contacts on your iPhone so none of them are visible. All of your contacts will now be hidden, and no one will be able to see any of them. Even if you want to call up one of them, you will manually have to enter their number. Hiding contacts is different from deleting them. If you want to delete all your contacts completely, read our article on How to delete multiple contacts on iPhone at once
Hide iPhone contacts using Gmail
Google Contact is another great tool you can use to hide certain contacts. It is very effective when you want to prevent personal contacts from mixing with ones from work. The best part is that you can hide contacts in bulk using this method. Mark contacts and follow the above steps to hide in bulk.
How to hide a contact on iPhone using Mac
This method is perfect if you want to show only a few contacts and hide all others. That said, you need a Mac to hide contacts using this method. It is very effective in hiding personal or business contacts from iPhone. Follow the steps below to hide iPhone contacts- Your iPhone will now only show you contacts that are a part of that group, while other contacts will be hidden. A great thing about this feature is that if you edit the members of that group, your contacts list will automatically update! You can employ any of the above methods to hide/mask contacts on your iPhone. It is due time Apple adds a native option to hide contacts on iPhone. Perhaps they will add it in the near future. Which method do you prefer to hide iPhone contacts? Let us know in the comments below. Read more:
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