# Create a Contact to a List

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-a-contact-to-a-list/7166>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-a-contact-to-a-list/7166 "2018-01-16T16:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![versify](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/versify/32/62359_2.png) [@versify](https://community.hubspot.com/u/versify)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-a-contact-to-a-list/7166/1 "2018-01-16T16:46:21Z")

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When I create a contact and enter the name, email, etc., how do I select the list it belongs to? Or, from the list page, how can enter in new contacts to the list directly. By entering it into the general contacts list, I will lose them amid all the others and not be able to add it to the list.

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Vallender](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/phil_vallender/32/48924_2.png) [@Phil\_Vallender](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Phil_Vallender)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-a-contact-to-a-list/7166/2 "2018-01-16T22:00:38Z")

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Hi @versify

Lists in HubSpot work a bit differently to other systems, like Mailchimp for example.

A HubSpot list is a view (either static or dynamic) on a segment of contacts in the main database.

After you manually create a contact, if you tick the box next to their name in the contacts view and then select more, you will have the option to add them to a static list.

Hope this helps.