# Allow to search, when sharing contacts

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-to-search-when-sharing-contacts/596>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Tags:** solved, user-interface\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-to-search-when-sharing-contacts/596 "2019-09-05T20:00:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![agutierrez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/agutierrez/32/436_2.png) [@agutierrez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/agutierrez)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-to-search-when-sharing-contacts/596/1 "2019-09-05T20:00:21Z")

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Currently when we want to share a contact, we have to search for the contact manually, because Delta Chat lacks a search engine for this, and for users who have many contacts, like me, this could be somewhat complicated.

So.  
I suggest adding a search engine the option to share contacts.

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**Author:** ![WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/wofwca/32/1702_2.png) [@WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/u/WofWca)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-to-search-when-sharing-contacts/596/2 "2026-08-12T16:07:13Z")

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I’m pretty sure this has been done for a long time already, on Desktop and Android at least.

 ![image](https://support.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/2X/f/ffd5570f2894d0d970e7f2ba15e45e6d0b1e85e2.png)