I have ghost contacts on my iPhone

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I have ghost contacts on my iPhone

I have ghost contacts on my iPhone from people that I previously had as a contact but long ago deleted. This occurs when I am sending an email and type in a few letters and the old contact (s) appears. I rechecked my contact list and they are not on it. Quite annoying. Help please. Thanks

Posted on Aug 28, 2019 8:59 AM

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SravanKrA

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Aug 28, 2019 9:06 AM in response to Bhappy205

Contacts are not stored locally on an iPhone. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
What is your default Contacts Account?
Which email account you are using to store Contacts?

See the GIF below for Contacts and Default Account

Learn how to add an email account and make it default (Watch the GIF)
This example is for Gmail but the process remains same for all Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

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Bhappy205 Author

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Aug 28, 2019 9:29 AM in response to SravanKrA

I only have a gmail and iCloud account. Gmail is my primary. I followed your lead but do I turn off contacts to clear in gmail and then turn back on?

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I have ghost contacts on my iPhone

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