How do I update my emergency contact?

To update your emergency contact, you must first add a new emergency contact and “promote” the new contact to be your primary. Once you add and select a new primary contact, you can then delete a former primary contact.

If you have only one emergency contact, and that person is no longer valid or appropriate as a contact for you, select someone else who can be your emergency contact and enter their information in place of your current contact. Accurate emergency contact information is vital in case of personal or campus emergencies.

To add an emergency contact:

1. Log into StanfordYou.
2. Click Maintain your external emergency contact information.

To promote an alternate contact to primary contact:

1. Log into StanfordYou.
2. Click Maintain your external emergency contact information.
3. Click Make this my primary contact next to the name of the contact.
   • Next to Emergency contacts, click add new contact and enter the contact information.
   • Click Save.

You can also designate whether your emergency contact(s) should be notified in the event of arrest or detention while at work:

1. Log into StanfordYou.
2. Click Maintain your external emergency contact information.
3. Check the “Yes” box to indicate that the emergency contact(s) entered should be notified in the event that you are arrested or detained while at work.

Students can find the instructions to add emergency contact on the Student Services site.