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# Considerations for Creating Contacts

Before you create contacts, consider a few key points.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: all editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

- You can create a contact from these places in Salesforce.
    - Create a contact on an account’s detail page.
    - [Import a contact](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.contacts_import_contacts_from_mobile_devices.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Sales reps can save time and eliminate typos by using the Salesforce mobile app to import contacts from mobile device contact lists into Salesforce. This feature is available only in Salesforce for Android and Salesforce for iOS.") from a mobile device using the Salesforce app or [using a CSV file](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.sales_core_import_csv.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
    - Create a contact from the Contacts area and associate an account to it. If you don’t, the contact is private. Private contacts are accessible only to their owner, Salesforce admins, or anyone who has the View All Records and Modify All Records permissions.
    - Create a contact from the Contact Suggestions area on the Seller Home page.
    - Create a contact from the buyer relationship map for an account.
    - Create a contact automatically from email and calendar activity by using Automatic Contact Creation.
    - Create a contact from the Potential Connections section of the Email Message home page.
- To create a contact that’s automatically associated with an account, create the contact from the account’s detail page.
- To track a contact’s relationship with more than one account, use the Related Accounts related list to add additional account-contact relationships. By tracking all related accounts on a single contact record, you avoid creating duplicate contacts. Make sure your admin has set up Contacts to Multiple Accounts.
- If your Salesforce org uses record types, you’re sometimes prompted to choose a Record Type when creating a contact. Different record types can have different fields and picklist values.
- If your Salesforce org uses divisions, the division of a new contact is automatically set to the division of the related account.

#### See Also

- [Contacts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.contacts_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use contacts to store information about the people you do business with. Contacts are most often associated with an account, but can also be associated with other records such as opportunities. Contacts are even more useful when you enable Contacts to Multiple Accounts, add hierarchy information, and customize sharing settings.")
- [Deleting Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.basics_deleting_records.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Create and Update Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.basics_creating_records.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Contact Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.contacts_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Your page layout and field-level security settings determine which contact fields are visible and editable.")