how do i save a private phone number to my nexus 5 and not my business gmail account

[AC Question]

how do i save a private phone number to my nexus 5 and not my business gmail account

 

[TJA3500]

Not familiar with the Nexus 5 but when you press the create a new contact button in the contact app, there should be an option to save it to your gmail or to the phone.
Your contacts saved to your phone will not be backed up to Google.
You will need to export your phone contacts to your phone storage or Google Drive.

 

[TJA3500]

Samsung Note 5

 

[hallux]

Not a Nexus 5 but my Nexus 6P on 6.0.1 won't allow you to create a contact unless you associate it with one of the accounts configured on the device.

 

[zuben el genubi]

Neither will the Motorola X Pure running 6.0 natively.