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duplicated contacts

When receiving a call it will say the persons name and 9 others, it has gotten up to 9 duplications for the exact contact and is driving me crazy! I’ve turned off my outlook contacts as mentioned in other forums, and still not working. Can Apple please make an easier way to delete contacts? Like a swipe left delete?

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 14, 2022 7:17 AM

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Posted on May 14, 2022 2:50 PM

You may have stored 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 iOS 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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May 14, 2022 2:50 PM in response to 2-22-22

You may have stored 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 iOS 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


duplicated contacts

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