Enabling Bidirectional Sync with iOS Contacts

Enabling Bidirectional Sync with iOS Contacts

Learn how to enable bidirectional sync and understand how syncing with iOS Contacts works

Enabling Bidirectional Sync

By default, new people or changes made to people in Dextr will not sync with iOS Contacts (Bidirectional Sync). This feature can be enabled in Home Tab → Settings → Contacts Sync → Toggle Bidirectional Sync On.

Once enabled, new people added to Dextr and changes to existing people will sync with iOS Contacts.

When Are People Imported to Dextr?

Contacts are imported to Dextr if they have at least one of the following:

  • First/Given Name

  • Middle Name

  • Last/Family Name

  • Nickname

  • Organization Name

When Are New People Exported to iOS Contacts?

Currently, people added to Dextr will only be exported to iOS Contacts when they have at least one phone number or email address. This is to avoid cluttering iOS Contacts with people added from events where you only know their name.

Any person that was imported from iOS Contacts will sync regardless of whether they have a phone number/email address or not.

What Fields Are Synced with iOS Contacts?

Most standard contact fields will be synced with iOS Contacts, however Dextr specific features are not.

Field / Feature

Synced

First/Given, Middle, Last/Family Name

Prefix, Suffix, Nickname

Phonetic Given, Middle, Family Names

Birthday

Photo

Organization Name / Job Title

Department Name

Phonetic Organization Name

Phone Numbers

Emails

Addresses (Places)

Social Profiles

Notes

iOS Contacts Relationships

Dextr Relation to You

Dextr First Met Notes / Location / Date / Event

Dextr Relationships

Dextr Tags

Updated:

November 3, 2025

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