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title: Mobile App Contact Management
description: Adding a contact while you're away from your computer has never been easier.
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# Mobile App Contact Management

## Adding a contact while you're away from your computer has never been easier.

### Adding Contacts

Access Contacts by tapping on **Contacts** in the bottom bar. 

**Note:** You can only add contacts individually in the mobile app. You will need to use the desktop application to mass import. 

#### To add a new contact in the mobile app:

**1.** Tap **Contacts** in the bottom bar.

**2.** Tap **Add Contact**. 

**3.** Enter the phone number of the contact.

**4.** Tap **Create Contact**. 

The new contact is now in your Contact List. Tap on the number to add contact details. This is where you can add identifying information, custom fields, and membership to any relevant groups.

 

**Note:** The only information you cannot edit is the contact’s phone number. Phone numbers are unique identifiers in Text Request, and cannot be changed.

 

For more contact information, see our [Contact Details guide](https://help.textrequest.com/contact-details?hsLang=en). 

 

### Groups

Groups are a great way to organize contacts by common attributes.

#### To create a group in the mobile app:

**1.** Tap **Contacts** in the bottom bar.

**2.** Tap **Groups**. 

**3.** Tap **Add Group**.

**4.** Enter the name of the group. 

**5.** Tap **Create Group**.

#### To add a contact to a group:

**1.** Tap the contact you want to edit. 

**2.** Select **Group Membership** in their contact details. 

**3.** Tap the **Add to a Group** dropdown. 

**4.** Tap the group(s) you want to add the contact to.

**5.** Tap **Add**.

**6.** Tap **Save** to save changes.  

 

For more information on groups, see [our guide](https://help.textrequest.com/what-is-a-group?hsLang=en).

 

### Contact Tags

Contact Tags help you categorize contacts and give you another way to filter them. 

#### To create a new Contact Tag within the mobile app:

**1.** Tap **Contacts** in the bottom bar.

**2.** Tap **Manage**. 

**3.** Tap **+ New Contact Tag**.

**4.** Name the tag and assign the color you want associated with it.

**5.** Tap **Add Tag**.

Add tags to contacts by selecting Contact Tags in their Contact Details. 

 

For more information on Contact Tags, see [our guide](https://help.textrequest.com/contact-tags?hsLang=en). 

 

### Custom Fields

Custom Fields allow you to save general facts about your contact (like their birthday or favorite sports team) to help remember your contact in a more personalized way.

#### To create a new Custom Field within the mobile app:

**1.** Tap **Contacts** in the bottom bar.

**2.** Tap **Manage**. 

**3.** Select **Custom Fields**.

**4.** Tap **+ New Custom Field**.

**5.** Name the field.

**6.** Tap **Add Field**.

All custom fields are available for all contacts on a dashboard in the contact’s Contact Details. 

 

For more information on Custom Fields, see [our guide](https://help.textrequest.com/custom-fields?hsLang=en). 

 

### Mass Actions

Mass Actions allow you to select multiple contacts and make changes to them such as adding to a group, archiving, and suppressing among many others.

#### To use mass actions within the mobile app:

**1.** Check the box next to one of the contacts in your contact list.

**2.** Tap the **dropdown arrow** next to the deselect all box.

**3.** Tap **Select All** or tap each individual contact you want to apply the mass action to.

**4.** Select one of the mass actions by tapping the **three options at the top** or the **three dots to expand the menu**. 

 

For more information on Mass Actions, see [our guide](https://help.textrequest.com/mass-actions?hsLang=en).

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