# Add a contact manually

Owners, Admins, and Agents can all add individual contacts to Inbox manually.

1. Log in to [Inbox](http://inbox.messagebird.com/).
2. Click the [**Contacts**](https://inbox.messagebird.com/contacts) icon on the sidebar.
3. Click [**+ Add new contact**](https://inbox.messagebird.com/contacts/new).
4. Fill in the form with the contact's First name and Last name.
5. Add a Profile name, which can be the contact's real name or a nickname/screenname. This will be visible to both the agent and the contact when chatting.
6. Click **+ Add channel identifier**, then select **Email address** and/or **Phone number** from the **Type** drop-down menu and enter the relevant information in the **Identifier** field.
7. Click **Save** next to each identifier that you've added.
8. \[Optional] Under **Extra info**, click **+Add attribute** and enter any additional information about your contact.
9. Click **Save** next to each identifier that you've added.
10. Click **Confirm** to add your new contact to Inbox!<br>

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