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Manage your Viber contacts

Once you have allowed Viber access to your address book you can add new contacts, delete unwanted contacts and edit their information from within Viber.

  Sync your phone contacts with Viber
       Sync your contacts on Viber for desktop
  Save a new contact from Viber
       From the chat info screen
       From the contacts screen
       From the more screen
       Using a QR code
  Delete a contact
  Share a contact with another user
       Share from a chat
       Share from the contacts screen
       Share from desktop
       Save a shared contact
  Block a contact


Sync your phone contacts with Viber

Your phone contacts should automatically appear in your Viber app. Your contacts who have Viber will have the Viber logo next to their name.
 

How to add a contact on Viber


If for some reason your contact list is not visible in Viber or you can't see all your contacts, you may need to try one of these tricks below.

  Do you have the latest version of Viber? If not, download the latest version now.
  Refresh the contacts list by pulling down on the screen and releasing.
  Check that your device settings say All contacts to allow Viber access to your entire phone book. 

  Try removing and re-adding a contact.
  Restart your phone.

And if all else fails, try uninstalling and reinstalling Viber from your phone.

Sync your contacts on Viber for desktop

Your contacts should automatically sync to your desktop app. If you are missing contacts, try the following:

  Check your internet connection on both your phone and computer.
 Close your desktop app and relaunch it.
  Restart both your phone and desktop.


If nothing works, try deactivating Viber on your desktop and reactivating it.

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Save a new contact from Viber

You can add a new contact from Viber and it will sync through to your phone.
Please note: You can only add a new contact from your Android phone or iPhone. There is no way to add a contact from your desktop app.

Add a new contact from the chat info screen
1.  Open a chat with a contact and then open the chat info screen
2.  Tap on the contact's name to bring up the contact's info screen
3.  Tap on the Add contact button (Android)  or Save (iPhone)
4.  R
eview the contact's details
5.  Tap the 
check mark (Android) or Save (iPhone) to finish

Add a new contact from the contacts screen
1.  Open the Contacts screen
2.  Tap on the Add contact button  
(Android) or plus button (iPhone)
3.  Enter the contact's phone number in international format
4.  Tap Continue/ Done
5. Select the check mark (Android) or Save (iPhone) to finish

 


Add a new contact from the more screen
1.  Open the more screen
2.  Select Add contact
3.  Enter a contact's phone number in full international format
4.  Tap Continue/ Done
5.  Select the check mark (Android) or Save (iPhone) to finish

 

  


Add a contact by scanning their QR code
Use the QR code if you are physically next to the person you want to add as a contact.
1.  Have your friend open their QR code - see how here
2.  Open the more screen
3.  Select Add contact
4.  Tap Scan QR code
5.  Scan the code to finish

 

  


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Delete a contact

Delete a contact from the contact's info screen. If you delete a contact from Viber you will also delete them from your phone.

1.  Open the chat with the person you want to delete, and open the chat info screen
2.  Tap on the menu icon  at the top of the screen
3.  Tap on delete contact 
4.  Confirm that you would like to delete this contact

 


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Share a contact with another user

Send a Viber contact's number to another Viber user (with their permission of course!) from both mobile and desktop.

  Share a contact from chat
  Share a contact from the contacts screen
 Share a contact on desktop
  Save a shared contact


Share a contact from chat

1.  Open the chat to send the contact in
2.  Select the menu button 
in the chat menu
3.  Tap on Share contact
4.  Choose the contact you wish to send
5.  The shared contact will appear in the chat

 

Share a contact from the contacts screen

1.  Open the contacts screen
2.  Tap on the contact you want to share
3.  Tap on the menu button at the top of the screen
4.  Choose Share contact
5.  Find the contact(s) you want to send the number to
6.  Tap on the contact
7.  The shared contact will be sent in a chat

 

Share a contact from desktop

1.  Open a chat with the person you want to send the contact number to
2.  Find the contact in the list of chats
3.  Click on the contact and drag it over to the chat
4.  Let go when you see Drop to send
5.  The contact details will be shared immediately


Save a shared contact

Save a contact who has been shared with you. Please note: you can only save a contact on your mobile app.

1.  Open the chat with the contact details
2.  Tap on the Save contact button below the contact
3.  Edit the contact with the details you need and tap Done

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Block a contact from Viber

You can block another user on Viber from your phone app only.

If this is the first time you have received a message from them, open the chat and tap on Block in the banner at the top of your screen.

 


For all other users you want to block:
1.  Open the chat with them, and then open the chat info screen
2.  Scroll down the chat info screen
3.  Tap on Block this contact

Learn more about blocked contacts on Viber.

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Last Updated - Aug 15, 2018 04:39PM IDT

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