Where is the Best Place to Put a WeChat ID into Contacts?

I can’t find a label corresponding to WeChat.


Where is the best place to put a WeChat ID in Contacts?

iMac 27″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Jan 21, 2023 8:18 AM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2023 5:32 PM

Hi Nello Lucchesi,


Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!


In the Contacts app, you have the ability to create a custom label for phone numbers and email addresses. Here are the basic steps for the Mac:


  1. Open the Contacts app and tap to open the card of one of your contacts.
  2. Tap Edit in the lower right corner.
  3. Tap on the label that appears in front of the phone number.
  4. A list of default labels will appear. At the bottom of the list, tap Custom.
  5. Type WeChat or whatever label you'd like.


Update contact information in Contacts on Mac


When you edit a contact on your iPhone or iPad, there is a field called "add social profile" that you can add the WeChat service to.


Manage and delete contacts on your iPhone or iPad


Have a fantastic day!



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Jan 23, 2023 5:32 PM in response to Nello Lucchesi

Hi Nello Lucchesi,


Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!


In the Contacts app, you have the ability to create a custom label for phone numbers and email addresses. Here are the basic steps for the Mac:


  1. Open the Contacts app and tap to open the card of one of your contacts.
  2. Tap Edit in the lower right corner.
  3. Tap on the label that appears in front of the phone number.
  4. A list of default labels will appear. At the bottom of the list, tap Custom.
  5. Type WeChat or whatever label you'd like.


Update contact information in Contacts on Mac


When you edit a contact on your iPhone or iPad, there is a field called "add social profile" that you can add the WeChat service to.


Manage and delete contacts on your iPhone or iPad


Have a fantastic day!



Jan 24, 2023 8:21 AM in response to judysings

Thank you for your suggestions:


  1. Use a Phone field with a Custom Label of “WeChat”: But, if I tap on the WeChat ID, won’t my iPhone try to dial the phone number corresponding to the letters making up the WeChat ID?
  2. Use a Social Profile with a Custom Label of “WeChat”: But apparently a Social Profile with this label will NOT sync with Google Contacts, which I also use.


The best solution that I’ve found is to put the WeChat ID into a URL field. Unfortunately, this URL scheme for linking directly into a user’s chat screen is no longer supported:


weixin://dl/chat?{toID}


Does anyone know a way to deep link into the WeChat application?

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