Adding Individual Existing Contacts to a List
Start by opening the profile of the contact you wish to add
Click on the phone number of the contact to open the contact information screen.
Once there, simply type the name of the contact list to which you wish to add this contact in the "List" field:
You can enter more than one contact list name if you want this contact to be assigned to multiple lists.
Adding Contacts to a List in Bulk
You can use the Import Contacts function to add multiple contacts to a list at once - even if the contacts already exist in your contact list. So long as you have duplication switched off, re-importing an existing contact will not create a duplicate record. To do this, you will first need to have your contacts saved in a .csv or .xls file.
First, open the contact list you want to add contacts to.
Then, click on Import Contacts
In the following screen, you'll see that the Contact List field is populated with the current list name. You can add additional existing lists to this field if you want to add all these contacts to more lists:
Now just add the file containing your contact data and follow the process for importing contacts (click to view the instructions for importing contacts).
Removing Contacts from a List
There are a couple of ways you can remove contacts from a lists
1) Delete the list name from the contact information, by going to Contacts, then All contacts, then searching for the contact you wish to remove and then clicking on the cross next to the relevant list in the list field in the contact profile:
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2) Remove the contact from within the list list
Do this by going to Contacts > Lists and selecting the list from which the contact is to be removed.
If you want to remove contacts one at a time, simply click on the three dots on the right-hand side of the contact, and select "Remove from list" from the resulting menu:
Removing Contacts from a List in Bulk
To remove contacts in bulk, simply click in the selection box to the left of each contact you wish to remove. Upon doing this, two new buttons "Delete" and "Remove from List" will appear alongside "Export Contacts" - click this to remove the selected contacts from the List:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Clicking "Remove from List" will not delete the contacts from the main contact list - just from this List. Be careful not to click "Delete" as this option WILL delete the contacts from the main contact list!
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