You can add or remove emergency contacts from the Health app on your iPhone. Here’s how:
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- Open the Health app and tap the Medical ID tab.
- Tap Edit, then scroll to Emergency Contacts.
- Tap the + to add an emergency contact.
- Tap a contact, then add their relationship.
- Tap Done to save your changes.
- Here’s how to remove emergency contacts:
- Open the Health app and tap the Medical ID tab.
- Tap Edit, then scroll to Emergency Contacts.
- Tap the – (minus) next to a contact, then tap Delete.
- Tap Done to save your changes.
(BTW, you can’t set emergency services as an emergency contact.)
(This how-to is based on my experiences and info on Apple’s support pages — where the images sometimes come from.)
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