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By now why has Apple not made it easy to dele multiple contacts at once?

its almost 2020 why cant we delete multiple contacts with a press of a button select multiple and delete?

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Dec 12, 2019 12:36 AM

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Posted on Dec 12, 2019 12:45 AM

Because Contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other


  1. How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
  2. What is your default Contacts Account?
  3. 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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Dec 12, 2019 12:45 AM in response to CLee1052

Because Contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other


  1. How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
  2. What is your default Contacts Account?
  3. 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

Dec 12, 2019 4:45 AM in response to SravanKrA

Telephone contacts im able to erase with ease on Samsung.  Then when I load a program groups app it was able to do it.


People who dont code dont know the techniques  or how apple ios works, but something that appears easy and free programs can do, Apple should think maybe its time to make the things that appear easy to do, code and do it.  Just saying...if it really wants to be #1 the basics need to be solved....


Just an opionion of a 50 year old who started on the C-64 in 1982 and runs both 11 apple Note 10 Samsung phones in 2019


Chris Lee

By now why has Apple not made it easy to dele multiple contacts at once?

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