# Add a Personal Contact

Personal contacts belong to you alone. They sync automatically across every Cloud Voice App you sign in to, and no one else in your organization can see them.

:::note
Personal contacts are private to you. This is different from **company contacts**, which your administrator manages and everyone in the organization can see. Anything you add here stays visible only to your own account.
:::

The Cloud Voice App gives you several ways to build your personal contact list:

- [Add a contact manually](#add-a-contact-manually)
- [Save a number from a call log, voicemail, or recording](#save-a-number-from-a-call-log-voicemail-or-recording)
- [Copy a contact from your company directory](#copy-a-contact-from-your-company-directory)

## Add a contact manually

1. In the Cloud Voice App, open **Contacts**.
2. In the top-left corner, click the ![contact source selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) icon, then choose **Personal Contacts** from the drop-down list.

   :::note
   This icon is the contact source selector. It switches your Contacts view between **Personal Contacts**, **Company Contacts**, and any shared phonebooks you have access to. Make sure **Personal Contacts** is selected before you add, or the new contact lands in the wrong list.
   :::

   
   ![Cloud Voice, selecting Personal Contacts from the contact source drop-down](/images/pbx/select-personal-contact-on-desktop-1.png)
3. Click **Add**.
4. On the contact details page, fill in the contact's information.
5. Click **Save**.

## Save a number from a call log, voicemail, or recording

When an unknown number shows up in your history, you can turn it into a personal contact without retyping it. The steps are the same whether you start from **Call Logs**, **Voicemails**, or **Recordings**.

1. In the Cloud Voice App, open **Call Logs**, **Voicemails**, or **Recordings**.
2. Right-click the entry you want to save.
3. Do one of the following, depending on whether the contact already exists.

**Create a new contact**

1. Click **Add New Contact**. The contact details page opens with the number already added to the number list.
2. From the **Add to** drop-down list, select **Personal Contacts**.

   ![Choosing Personal Contacts from the Add to drop-down list](/images/pbx/save-to-pserson-contacts.png)
3. Set the number type, then fill in the rest of the contact's information as needed.
4. Click **Save**.

**Add the number to an existing contact**

1. Click **Add to Existing Contact**.
2. In the pop-up window, click the ![contact source selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) icon in the top-left corner, then select **Personal Contacts**.

   :::tip
   The pop-up may open on a different contact source (such as company contacts). Switch it to **Personal Contacts** before you search, otherwise your existing personal contacts will not appear in the results.
   :::

   ![Switching the pop-up window to Personal Contacts](/images/pbx/add-to-existing-personal-contact-desktop.png)
3. Find and select the contact you want, then click **Confirm**. The contact details page opens with the number added to the number list.
4. Adjust the type of the new number and update the contact's details as needed.
5. Click **Save**.

## Copy a contact from your company directory

:::note
This method is available only if your system administrator has given you permission to manage company contacts.
:::

1. In the Cloud Voice App, open **Contacts**.
2. In the top-left corner, click the ![contact source selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) icon, then select **Company Contacts** or the specific phonebook that holds the contact.

   
   ![Cloud Voice, choosing a company phonebook from the contact source drop-down](/images/pbx/select-phonebook-on-desktop-1.png)
3. On the contact card, click the ![more actions](/images/pbx/web-client-more.png) icon, then click **Add to Personal Contacts**. An "Added successfully" message confirms the contact is now in your Personal Contacts.