You can select alternative, third-party apps for email, messaging, calling, call filtering, web browsing, passwords, or keyboards as defaults to launch instead of the built-in Apple apps. Make sure the app you want to switch to supports this feature.
You can also choose a default app for translating text, for contactless payments, and for sending audio and video to compatible devices. All of these choices are in Default Apps, in the Apps section of Settings.
Note: You can’t set a different default for some app categories, like Maps, Camera, and Music, because they aren’t available in Default Apps.
Change your default apps
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
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Tap Apps, tap Default Apps, and tap any of the following:
- Email: To change the default app for sending and receiving email.
- Messaging: To change the default app for sending and receiving messages.
- Calling: To change the default app for making and receiving calls.
- Call Filtering: To turn on or off call blocking and identification options.
- Browser App: To change the default app to open links on the web.
- Translation: To change the default app used to translate text.
- Passwords & Codes: This section allows you to turn on or off AutoFill Passwords and Passkeys for apps and websites, and password, passkey, and code-generation and verification apps.
- Contactless App: To change the default app for using NFC for contactless payments.
- Keyboards: To add or delete keyboards and third-party keyboard apps.
- Media Sharing Extensions: To change the default app for sending audio and video to compatible devices.
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Select the app you want to use as the default.
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