How to Speed Dial on iPhone

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Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: March 10, 2025 Tested

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• Adding Contacts to Favorites
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• Speed-dialing a Favorite Contact
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This wikiHow teaches you how to quickly dial phone numbers on your iPhone by adding them to your Favorites.

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Part 1

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Adding Contacts to Favorites

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   Open the Phone app. It’s the green icon with a white phone receiver inside. You’ll usually find it at the bottom of the home screen.

   • Your Favorites list functions like speed dial—you can add people to the list, then call them with a single tap.
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   Tap Contacts. It’s the third icon at the bottom of the screen.
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   Tap a contact you want to add to your Favorites. This opens the details for the contact.
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   Tap Add to Favorites. You may have to scroll down a bit to find it. A pop-up menu will appear at the bottom of the screen.
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   Tap Call. This adds the contact to your Favorites.

   • If the contact has more than one number (e.g. both home and mobile numbers), tap the down-arrow next to “Call,” then select one of the phone numbers.
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Part 2

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Speed-dialing a Favorite Contact

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1. 
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   Open the Phone app. It’s the green icon with a white phone receiver inside. You’ll usually find it at the bottom of the home screen.
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   Tap Favorites. It’s the star icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen.
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   Tap the contact you want to call. This places an immediate call to this contact.
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  How do I setup speed dial on an iPhone XR?

  

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  The method provided in the article will apply to all Iphone versions, as they all use the same operating system.

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