Tons of email addresses imported into my contacts

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Tons of email addresses imported into my contacts

I just got my new iphone 14 Pro Max, (using IOS 16.1) and imported all of my contacts....HOWEVER instead of 200 contacts, I now have 900 contacts, 700 of which are emails from YEARS ago, sitting as just an email address with nothing else in it. These should NOT be in my contacts list.

There used to be a feature called "suggested contacts" in which when turned off, resolved this issue but I no longer see it, and other than MANUALLY deleting 70 entries what do I do? Why was this feature removed!

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Nov 11, 2022 11:33 PM

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SravanKrA

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Nov 12, 2022 12:51 AM in response to nexgraphics2022

There are no limits to the number of contacts you can store on an iPhone.

When you look deeply you will find that Contacts are neither stored on an iPhone nor on SIM. They are synced to an email account that you may have added and enabled Contacts. It could be Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other email client server.

When you enable Contacts in any of the email accounts they are displayed to you through the Contacts App. When you edit these contacts on an iPhone they are ultimately edited on the client-server.

If you are unable to find your contacts which were stored in the email client, then try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and more using ...

Check if the email account has been removed in iOS mail app.

Add the email account that stores your contacts in the IOS mail app and enable Contacts.

If you have a corporate email account added through a profile on your device, please check with your organisation's system administrator.

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Nov 12, 2022 6:52 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thank you for your reply but unfortunately I do not think you understood at all what I mentioned. This has nothing to do with my email accounts.

this has to do with a missing feature from iOS, which stopped all the suggested contacts from coming into my phone. They have already responded to me that this feature is indeed missing.

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Tons of email addresses imported into my contacts

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