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title: 2014: Contact card already exists | API Docs
description: A contact card already exists for this phone number. Use PATCH to update it instead of creating a new one.
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A contact card already exists for this phone number. This is an HTTP 409 error indicating you attempted to create a duplicate contact card.

## Troubleshooting

- Use `PATCH /v3/contact_card/{phone_number}` to update the existing card instead of `POST` to create a new one.
- If you need to start over, delete the existing card first, then create a new one.

## Related

- [Contact Cards](/guides/contact-cards/index.md)
- [Debugging](/guides/platform/debugging/index.md)