How to Add Favorites to Your iPhone

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open the Phone app.

   It's a green app that contains a white phone icon and is typically found on your home screen.
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   Step 2: Tap Favorites.

   It's a star-shaped icon in the lower-left corner of the screen. , It's in the upper-left corner of the screen. , Choose a contact you'd like to add to your "Favorites" list. , Select one from the following:
   Message for their primary text messaging number.
   
   Call for the contact's primary voice number.
   
   Video for the contact's primary FaceTime ID.
   
   Add a second number to "Favorites" by repeating these steps. , It's a green app that contains a white phone icon and is typically found on your home screen. , It's a star-shaped icon in the lower-left corner of the screen. , It's in the upper-right corner of the screen. , Doing so allows you to drag a contact up or down on the screen to rearrange the order of your "Favorites". , Do this to remove a contact from your "Favorites".
   
   Tap Delete to confirm deletion. , It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.
   
   Now you've edited your contacts. , It's the round button on the face of your iPhone.
   
   This returns you to the home screen., Do so from anywhere on the home screen.
   
   This opens the "Today" page in Notification Center. , It's below all the other content. , Tap the white plus sign in the green circle next to "Favorites."
   
   , Doing so allows you to drag a widget up or down on the screen to rearrange the order.
   
   Widgets higher on the list will appear closer to the top of the Notification Center. , It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.
   
   The Favorites widget will now appear in the "Today" page of Notification Center.
   
   Swipe right from the home screen and tap a contact in the Favorites widget to immediately dial or message them.
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   Step 3: Tap ➕.

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   Step 4: Tap a contact.

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   Step 5: Tap the number you'd like to add.

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   Step 6: Open the Phone app.

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   Step 7: Tap Favorites.

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   Step 8: Tap Edit.

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   Step 9: Tap and hold ≡ next to a contact.

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    Step 10: Tap ⛔️ next to a contact.

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    Step 11: Tap Done.

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    Step 12: Press the Home button.

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    Step 13: Swipe right.

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    Step 14: Scroll down and tap Edit.

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    Step 15: Scroll down and tap +.

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    Step 16: Scroll to the top of the page.

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    Step 17: Tap and hold ≡ next to a widget.

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    Step 18: Tap Done.

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