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Chris Shaker Author

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How do I EXIT the Lists of Contacts?

IOS 16.3, iPhone 13. Contact app is in Lists, and I don’t know how to exit the Lists and get back to the normal contacts app. Even after rebooting my iPhone, the Contacts app comes up in Lists!

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Posted on Jan 26, 2023 12:55 PM

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Chris Shaker Author

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Posted on Jan 26, 2023 1:00 PM

It looks like I just HAVE to select one of the lists. I selected All iCloud, and now it looks like I expect.

On my older iPhones, I would have pushed the round button, I think.

I have no idea how I got into the Contacts list chooser in the first place

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Chris Shaker Author

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Jan 26, 2023 1:00 PM in response to Chris Shaker

It looks like I just HAVE to select one of the lists. I selected All iCloud, and now it looks like I expect.

On my older iPhones, I would have pushed the round button, I think.

I have no idea how I got into the Contacts list chooser in the first place

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Jan 26, 2023 2:11 PM in response to Chris Shaker

Yes, iOS 16 changes the way it works. What you used to see was All Contacts. Now it lets you see individual lists. Along with this you can now put a single contact into more than one list. What is lost is the ability to show 2 or more lists without showing all lists. You can view one or all only.

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Jan 26, 2023 1:03 PM in response to Chris Shaker

Chris Shaker wrote:

That just shows my lists of Contacts

Yes! That’s exactly what you asked in your original post:

”I don’t know how to exit the Lists and get back to the normal contacts app.“

Opening the Contacts app normally shows your list of contacts.

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Jan 26, 2023 12:56 PM in response to Chris Shaker

Press “>” to the right of “iCloud”.

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Chris Shaker Author

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Jan 26, 2023 12:57 PM in response to sberman

That just shows my lists of Contacts

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Chris Shaker Author

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Jan 26, 2023 1:13 PM in response to sberman

Not in the past. Normally, the Contacts app opened with a list of contacts, not a list of Lists. Must have been an artifact of the IOS 16.3 update?

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Jan 26, 2023 1:50 PM in response to Chris Shaker

Chris Shaker wrote:

Must have been an artifact of the IOS 16.3 update?

Nope. More likely it’s a remnant or the way you last exited Contacts.

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Chris Shaker Author

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Jan 26, 2023 1:52 PM in response to sberman

I don't remember attempting to select a different list, nor intending to click on "Lists" in the upper left corner.

Chris

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Jan 26, 2023 1:58 PM in response to Chris Shaker

Chris Shaker wrote:

I don't remember …

I understand. That does not mean it didn’t happen.

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