Learn how to add the “My Card” or “My Info” details in your iPhone’s Phone or Contacts app or fix it if an incorrect contact is added here.
Why have the correct “My Card” info
The Contacts app and the Contacts tab of the Phone app show a “My Card” section at the top. This is your contact card, which has your phone number, email, relationships (like parents, spouse, siblings), birthday, address, and more. If the card information isn’t available or the wrong contact is showing instead of yours, you should add the right one here.
- Once you have it set up correctly, your iPhone now knows whose device it is. Safari, Siri, and other such services can get accurate details about you.
- Safari can also use this information to autofill your name, email, phone, address, and more on websites and payment pages. This makes the process quick and effortless.
- After adding your home address, you can ask Siri to give you directions to your home. You may also simply tap the Home icon in the Maps app.
- Similarly, after adding your office address, you can ask Siri to give you directions to work or tap the Work button in the Maps app.
- Siri will offer meaningful responses when you ask it things like “call dad,” “call brother,” “when is my anniversary,” and so forth.
- If you misplace your device, a person can activate Siri from the Lock Screen and ask, “Who am I” and your iPhone will speak your name. Note: Siri won’t show your phone number or email but will disclose your name. Additionally, after you set up related names, someone from the Lock Screen can activate Siri and say, “Call mom” or “Call wife.” These small features should assist a bit in helping the finder return your device.
Create a My Card contact on your iPhone
If you do not see your name but an empty “My Card” section, follow these steps to add relevant details to it.
- Open the Contacts app or go to the Contacts tab of the Phone app.
- Tap My Card from the top of the screen.
- Tap Edit.
- Fill in the required details like name, phone, email, address, birthday, profile photo, date (anniversary), related name (mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, friend, partner, assistant, manager, or a custom label), social profiles, instant message, and more as desired.
- Tap Done to create your My Card successfully.
Fix the wrong My Card info on your iPhone
Recently, an iDB colleague of mine saw that the “My Card” section on his daughter’s iPhone displayed his contact (Papa) instead of his daughter’s. If you too see that the “My Card” section on the top of the Contacts app displays an incorrect name, you can fix it in iOS Settings.
- Make sure you have saved your name, phone number, and email as a contact on your iPhone.
- Open the Settings app and tap Apps > Contacts.
- Tap My Info.
- Select your contact card you created in Step 1.
Alternatively, you can go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri or Siri & Search > My Information and select your contact.
This option is also available in iOS Settings > Apps > Safari > Autofill > My Info and pick your contact.
To check, open the Contacts app, and you should see the new and correct contact name at the top. If not, force quit and reopen the Contacts/Phone app and the Settings app. In case the problem exists, restart the device.
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