How to Speed Dial on iPhone

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

This wikiHow teaches you how to quickly dial phone numbers on your iPhone by adding them to your Favorites.

Part 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.
- Your Favorites list functions like speed dial—you can add people to the list, then call them with a single tap.
It’s the third icon at the bottom of the screen.

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This opens the details for the contact.
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.

Part 2

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It’s the green icon with a white phone receiver inside. You’ll usually find it at the bottom of the home screen.
It’s the star icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen.
This places an immediate call to this contact.

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