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My iPad has Contacts Groups which I do not want and I can't find a way to delete them. I tried deleting all the contacts in one of the groups and that didn't work. These groups do not show up in contacts at icloud.com. The groups also do not appear on my iPhone. I am syncing contacts to iCloud on both devices. I'm using the latest iOS (13.1.3)
How do I remove these Contacts Groups from the iPad?
iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi
Hello,
These are all of your accounts setup on your iPad that can store contacts. These are not “groups”. If you would like to remove these different accounts from your iPad you would need to migrate all of your contacts from your other accounts to iCloud. The easiest way is to use a Macintosh with the Contacts application.
Hello,
These are all of your accounts setup on your iPad that can store contacts. These are not “groups”. If you would like to remove these different accounts from your iPad you would need to migrate all of your contacts from your other accounts to iCloud. The easiest way is to use a Macintosh with the Contacts application.
Thank you for helping.
In "Settings > Contacts > Default Account" there are three entries (these are the same three groups which show up in Contacts as groups). iCloud is checked as the default account and there doesn't appear to be a way to delete the entries here either.
It would sound like you have Contacts from another source on the iPhone. Go to Settings>Passwords & Accounts. From there, you will see accounts listed, these are mail accounts that you have on the iPhone. See if one of them has Contacts listed under it. If so, go to that account and you will probably find that you have the switch on for Contacts to sync from that account.
Thanks for your assistance. It got me on the right track to see that one of the iPads was storing contacts in Google vice iCloud. I exported the Google contacts, deleted them, and then imported them to iCloud. Problem now fixed.
Hello,
You would need to delete these Contacts groups either on icloud.com or by using a Macintosh.
Did you read my post? The groups do not appear on iCloud.com, the only group which shows on iCloud.com is the "All Contacts" group.
Hello,
My apologies I did not see that. It sounds like these contacts are not stored on iCloud. In Settings > Contacts > Default Account how many options are present?
Glad you were able to get it straightened out.
How to Delete iPad Contacts Group
