In Short
- Here are some useful tips on how to save a contact photo from your Contacts or Messages app.
- Previously, it was possible to do this directly from your iPhone, but with the latest iOS update, this is no longer an option. Instead, you can use the iCloud.com method to download the contact photo from your browser.
Learn how to retrieve a contact image from your iPhone in just a few simple steps. You don’t need to sync with iTunes or connect your iPhone to your MacBook. To recover a contact photo, you can use features such as Copy, Print, Save Image, Assign Contact, and share it on third-party apps like Facebook and WhatsApp. Assigned photos stay as contact profiles, and you can follow the steps below to get a contact photo back into the iPhone Photos app.
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Guide to Save a Contact Picture of your iMessage & Contacts app
To save a contact’s photo, follow these steps: The following steps only work on desktop and PC browsers, not on iPhone’s browsers.
Note: The feature to save contact photos is not available on the latest iOS version for iPhone. You can use iCloud.com to make any changes to this feature.
Step 1: Go to iCloud.com > Click on Sign in.
Step 2: Log in with your Apple ID password that’s signed with your iPhone.
Step 3: Click on the Contacts Section.
Step 4: Find the contact whose photo you want to save.
Step 5: Double-click the photo to open the editing screen where you can crop or resize it.
Step 6: View the photo, then right-click on it to open the menu. Select Download Image to save it to your Mac or PC.
Step 7: From the Prompted Menu, click on Allow to Download on iCloud.com
Step 8: You’ll find your contact picture saved in your Downloads folder, ready to use.
Now, use AirDrop, a cloud service, or simply email the contact pictures to yourself to easily transfer them from your Mac or PC to your iPhone.
Why do some of my contacts have pictures on iPhones?
If you’ve set up your new iPhone to sync with Google Contacts, your hypothesis that it’s Google Gmail Contacts is correct.
So, it will get the same contact picture as the one you have in the Google Contacts App. You may use it as a photo on an iPhone contact or sync it back to Google Contacts.
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