Linked contacts
When I go into the information of one of my contacts under linked contacts is my email address above their name and under linked contacts. What does that mean? Does that contact have access to my email?
iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16
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Rigo_O86
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Community Specialist
Hey Jaxxy23,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. We'd be happy to help out. Sounds like you've got some contact cards accidentally linked to a particular contact.
For help better understanding linked contacts and how to manage them, review these steps:
Link contacts manually
If two entries for the same person aren’t linked automatically, you can unify them manually.
1. Tap one of the contacts, tap Edit, then tap Link Contacts.
2. Choose the other contact entry to link to, then tap Link.
When you link contacts with different first or last names, the names on the individual cards don’t change, but only one name appears on the unified card. To choose which name appears on the unified card, tap one of the linked cards, tap the contact’s name on that card, then tap Use This Name For Unified Card.
Note: When you link contacts, those contacts aren’t merged. If you change or add information in a unified contact, the changes are copied to each source account where that information already exists.
This is outlined further here: Get rid of duplicate contacts on iPhone - Apple Support
Take care!