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How friends are initially added after installing the app

People Nearby

Do I have to allow access to my location information to use People Nearby?

What should I do if I do not want to share my location?

Turning off friend requests

Adding friends

You can add friends using one of the methods below.

Auto adding friends

Friends who are registered in your device's contacts list will be added as friends on LINE automatically.
Note: You can also choose to exclude certain contacts.

Automatically adding friends from your contacts

iOS

Configure the privacy settings on your device to allow LINE and turn on the Auto-add friends setting in LINE.

To configure the privacy settings on your device:
1. Go to your device's Settings > Privacy > Contacts.
2. Turn ON LINE.

To auto-add friends on LINE:
1. From the LINE app, tap the Home tab > Settings.
Note: Tap here to open the Settings menu from your smartphone.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Turn ON Auto-add friends.
Note: If Auto-add friends is already turned on, tap the refresh icon next to the last auto-add date to manually sync your contacts.

If your contacts weren't added to your friend list, see this Help article.

Android

To auto-add friends on LINE:
1. Tap the Home tab > Settings.
Note: Tap here to open the Settings menu from your smartphone.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Turn Auto-add friends ON.
Note: If Auto-add friends is already turned ON, tap the refresh icon next to the last auto-add date to manually sync your contacts.

If your contacts weren't added to your friend list, see this Help article.

Specifying contacts you don't want to be added

Before auto-adding friends, add a half-width hashtag in front of the names registered in your contacts that you don't want to add (e.g. "#John Doe").
Note:
- Adding "#" before the name of someone who you've already added on LINE will not delete them from your friend list.
- If you add "#" before the name of someone who you've already added, their name will appear as they set it on LINE.

If you only want to add a few friends from your contacts, you can add them by searching for their phone numbers. (For the steps to do so, tap Manually adding friends > Adding friends via phone number below.)

Manually adding friends

Adding friends via phone number

You can add friends by searching for their phone numbers by following the steps below.
Important: You need to turn on Allow others to add me.

To add a friend by searching for their phone number:
1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon.
Note: Tap here to open the Add friends screen from your smartphone.
2. Tap Search.
3. Choose Phone number.
4. Select a country and enter your friend's phone number, then tap the search icon.

Adding friends via QR code

To have someone add you as a friend using your QR code:
1. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar > My QR code, or tap here from your smartphone.
Note: The search bar appears at the top of the Home, Chats, and News tabs.
2. Have your friend scan your QR code with their QR code reader.

To add a friend using their QR code:
1. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar, or tap here from your smartphone.
Note: The search bar appears at the top of the Home, Chats, and News tabs.
2. Scan your friend's QR code.
3. Tap Add.

You can also send your QR code via email by going to the Add friends icon > Invite.
Note: For information about how to invite a friend to use LINE, see this Help article.

Important: If your QR code is leaked, anyone using LINE will be able to add you as a friend. Take care not to share your QR code with people you don't know.

If you want to prevent people you don't know from being able to add you as a friend, you can deactivate your current QR code by tapping Regenerate on the My QR code screen.

Adding friends via ID search

To add a friend by searching their ID:
1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon.
Note: Tap here to open the Add friends screen from your smartphone.
2. Tap Search.
3. Choose ID.
4. Enter your friend's ID and tap the search icon.

If you can't add friends using ID search, see this Help article.

Adding friends via a link

To add a friend by sending them a link:
1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon > QR code > My QR code.
2. Tap Copy link.
3. Send the link to the person you want to have add you as a friend.

Important: If your link is leaked, anyone using LINE will be able to add you as a friend. Take care not to share your link with people you don't know.

If you want to prevent people you don't know from being able to add you as a friend, you can deactivate your current link by tapping Regenerate on the My QR code screen.

To add a friend using their link:
1. Tap the link you received.
2. Tap Add.

Adding friends from Friend recommendations

To add a friend from Friend recommendations:
1. Tab the Home tab > Friends > Friend recommendations.
Note: Tap here to access your Friend recommendations from your smartphone.
2. Tap "+" to the right of the friends you want to add.

Adding friends from groups

To add a friend from a group:
1. Open a group chat.
2. Tap the icon of the member you want to add.
3. Tap Add.

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