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Contacts appearing multiple times

why all of a sudden are my contacts appearing multiple times, as many as 5 times also they now seem to be under both first name and surname, what can I do to rectify this

iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Jan 22, 2022 12:23 AM

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Posted on Jan 22, 2022 12:25 AM

You may have the same contacts in multiple email accounts. Either remove the contacts from the rarely used email account or disable contacts from the rarely used mail account in the Mail app.


Unlike some Android devices, 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

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Jan 22, 2022 12:25 AM in response to HONEYBUN8679

You may have the same contacts in multiple email accounts. Either remove the contacts from the rarely used email account or disable contacts from the rarely used mail account in the Mail app.


Unlike some Android devices, 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

Contacts appearing multiple times

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