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random contacts appearing and not syncing

i have random contacts appearing (people that i dont know), and when i delete them on my mac (and through the icloud website and contacts) they dont sync on my phone. i have turned on contact syncing on both devices. i used to use the same apple id as my mum, but now i use my own. im pretty sure that those random contacts are from my mum's phone as well.

iPhone 13

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 4:54 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2022 8:45 PM

When your iPhone and Mac were signed in with same Apple ID and password on the same network , the contacts from your mom Mac synced with iPhone Set up and use iCloud Contacts - Apple Support , now the apple id is changed in your iPhone Change your Apple ID - Apple Support those synced contacts are yet in iPhone , it doesn't matter contacts box is turned on in iPhone / Mac .

In very easy language syncing occurs when accounts credentials are exactly the same between iPhone / Mac .

It depends on you to sign out Sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV or Mac – Apple Support your Apple ID and password from iPhone and sign in with your mom's Apple ID and password with her account credentials Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support

And then follow the articles Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support

Then turn on contacts box to sync Change iCloud feature settings - Apple Support

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Mar 9, 2022 8:45 PM in response to stxrliiqht

When your iPhone and Mac were signed in with same Apple ID and password on the same network , the contacts from your mom Mac synced with iPhone Set up and use iCloud Contacts - Apple Support , now the apple id is changed in your iPhone Change your Apple ID - Apple Support those synced contacts are yet in iPhone , it doesn't matter contacts box is turned on in iPhone / Mac .

In very easy language syncing occurs when accounts credentials are exactly the same between iPhone / Mac .

It depends on you to sign out Sign out of iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV or Mac – Apple Support your Apple ID and password from iPhone and sign in with your mom's Apple ID and password with her account credentials Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support

And then follow the articles Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support

Then turn on contacts box to sync Change iCloud feature settings - Apple Support

random contacts appearing and not syncing

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