How to delete Read-only Contact on iPhone

So, I recently have created an ordinary contact on my iPhone, then tried to delete it normally.

The thing is, I got a message saying "Not all contacts were deleted - One or more of the contact may be read-only".

I do not sync my contacts with any other email accounts unless my iCloud on my iPhone.

This is the first time I face such an error, and this happened the same day I have upgraded to the new iOS 15.4

Any ideas?

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iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 1:29 AM

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Posted on Mar 17, 2022 5:14 AM

Close Contacts app. then

Settings, your name, iCloud

Turn off Contacts

Say yes delete contacts from device

Restart the phone

Open Contacts app. It should be empty.

(If Contacts not empty then you have contacts stored elsewhere and it needs to be addressed -come back)

Assuming they are empty, turn Contacts back on in iCloud settings as above

Try again.

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