hi,
I have an issue since i restored my iPhone12 mini (with the latest IOS).
each contact I'm adding using my iPhone cannot be deleted using the iPhone, i get a message that says that it is read only and cannot be deleted.
however, I can delete them using the iCloud website
how can I fix that?
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iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15
If you can't delete contacts means you might have Restrictions ON.
Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Contact : set to Allow Changes.
Note: Content & Privacy Restrictions must be enabled to make changes.
Rubbish
Yiu get message cannot be deleted.
thanks wery helpful my problem solved
I can’t delete phone number in my phone
and I wanted to delete multiple numbers
I’m trying to delete contacts and my phone isn’t allowing me to
I followed your method n still unable to delete . Still showing read only
I’ve tried to procedure of going to settings>screen time etc but i CAN’T still delete the contact…. Why is that?
This is wrong. Read-Only means the contact is stored on another device and is being synced to the iPhone. You cannot delete Read-Only contacts from the contact card. You will get an error stating that the contact has not been deleted. You can only remove a Read-Only contact by deleting it from the account that is syncing to the phone, like google, Facebook, or Outlook.
After u try the method as I just told u still doesn’t work last option is to do back up on WhatsApp…. Delete the WhatsApp app and before reinstall the WhatsApp app try to delete the contact again … if it works then just install the WhatsApp again if it doesn’t work it mean the contact could be in your phone history … or email history so u need to do Siri search or phone search it will show whether the contact still appear on your phone or not it is not a big issues so don’t worry just must know how to tackle it. Try it all the method and let me know
Delete read-only contacts on iPhone
