Syncing issues

Hi, my husbands iPhone contacts keep syncing with my iPhone. We don’t have the same Apple ID accounts but have totally separate accounts. I logged into iCloud and deleted all his contacts but once he synced his phone all his contacts come back to my phone. Not sure what to do, does anybody know

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Mar 4, 2020 10:37 AM

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Mar 4, 2020 3:42 PM in response to Bexhazy

Bexhazy Said:

"Syncing issues:[...] I looked onto my iCloud account and deleted all his contacts that have come over to my phone. His contacts then appear back in my phone[...]"

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On your Husband's iPhone:

Disable Contact/iCloud Synchronization

With all of this contact synchronization being an issue, just disable Contacts from syncing with iCloud. Change this is in iCloud settings.


Go To: Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Turn Off: Contacts (Make it dulled out, not green).

  • If it is disabled, it would be dulled out.
  • If it is enabled, it would be green.


Screenshot of what to Disable:

Mar 4, 2020 10:47 AM in response to Bexhazy

Your statements are a little confusing to me.


You say that when your husband syncs his phone, his contacts end up in your phone again. Syncing is something you do with iTunes on a computer or an action with iCloud. If he is syncing with iTunes, he must be somehow selecting your contacts to sync to his phone. If he is syncing contacts with iCloud and his contacts end up on your phone, that is usually indicative of what happens when you share an Apple ID or an iCloud account.

Mar 4, 2020 2:11 PM in response to Demo

Hi, apologies but my husband has advised me that he does not sync his phone. I regularly sync my phone to the iCloud which 8 have an account for - totally separate to my husbands iCloud account. I looked onto my iCloud account and deleted all his contacts that have come over to my phone. His contacts then appear back in my phone when I charge on it’s on WiFi. Not sure what’s happening. Thanks

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