> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parallaxprotocol.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Contacts in Parallax Wallet

> Keep the addresses you send to under a name, pick them when sending, and import or export your contacts as JSON or CSV.

**Contacts** is your address book: the people and services you send to,
saved under a name. You can pick them by name on **Send**, and the app
recognises them in your activity, on the review before you send, and when
you verify a signed message.

Your contacts are encrypted with your wallet password, like your keys:
who you pay says a lot about you. They can only be read or changed while
the wallet is unlocked.

***

## Add a contact

Choose **Add contact** and fill in:

* **Name**: who or what the address belongs to, up to 64 characters.
* **Address**: paste the full address. A mixed-case address is checked
  against its checksum, so a mistyped character is caught.
* **Note** (optional): what you pay them for, an invoice reference, up to
  500 characters.

Each name and each address can be saved only once: a name always means one
address, so a look-alike entry can't hide behind a familiar one. The app
also tells you when the address is one of your own accounts.

***

## Your contacts

* **Favorites** sit at the top of the page as tiles: click one to send to
  it. Star or unstar a contact from its row.
* **All contacts** lists the rest, favorites first, then by name, with when
  you last sent to each. Search by name, address or note.
* **Open a contact** to see its address in full, grouped to check against
  what the other party gave you, when it was added and last sent to, and
  its note. From there you can send to it, star it, edit it, **Show
  history** (your transactions with it) or remove it.

Removing a contact doesn't affect any transactions.

***

## Sending to a contact

On **Send**, type a contact's name, or choose from your contacts, instead of
an address. The review shows who you're sending to. Contacts you've sent to
recently are offered first.

<Warning>
  A contact is where you'll send funds. Check a new contact's address against
  where it came from before you save it, and again when someone asks you to
  change it.
</Warning>

***

## Import and export

**Export** saves your contacts as JSON or CSV, for a backup or another
wallet. **Import** takes:

* A JSON export from Parallax Wallet, or a plain JSON list of
  `{ "name", "address", "note" }` entries.
* A CSV file with a `name` and an `address` column. `note` and `favorite`
  columns are read when they're there.

For example:

```csv theme={null}
name,address,note,favorite
Alice,0x1111111111111111111111111111111111111111,Rent,yes
Exchange deposit,0x2222222222222222222222222222222222222222,,
```

Every entry is checked as if typed. An import never overwrites: entries
whose name or address is already in your contacts are skipped. When it's
done, the app says how many were added, how many were already there, and
how many weren't valid, with why for the first few. Files are limited to
2 MB.

<Note>
  An exported file isn't encrypted. Keep it as private as you'd keep the list
  of people you pay.
</Note>

***

## AI assistants and contacts

An [AI assistant](/parallax-wallet/ai-assistants) can read your contacts
and ask to add or change one, only as far as you allow in **Settings → AI
assistants → Permissions**. Each change waits for you to approve it, and no
assistant can remove a contact.


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