All my devices from iPhone 13 PRO to MacBook Pro to iCloud, have five or more duplicates. Each update is a reason to duplicate. Why a new iOS if you are unable to fix this basic issue?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.5
Duplicate contacts have nothing to do with iOS. More than likely, you have multiple address-books installed on your devices. Open the Contacts on your iPhone and select the blue arrow (top / left) area that says ‘lists’. If you see iCloud listed along with any other account such as Google, Yahoo, etc..that would indicate you have multiple address-books that each contain the duplicate contact.
Duplicate contacts have nothing to do with iOS. More than likely, you have multiple address-books installed on your devices. Open the Contacts on your iPhone and select the blue arrow (top / left) area that says ‘lists’. If you see iCloud listed along with any other account such as Google, Yahoo, etc..that would indicate you have multiple address-books that each contain the duplicate contact.
Select viewing of all address books but one as disabled, and tap through the list of address books selecting one at a time, and see how many cards show. This is the usual cause of duplicates, and works as mentioned above.
Another possibility… Also see if you have multiple CardDAV server accounts configured and confirm that each is as intended and unique; that you do not have duplicate CardDAV accounts configured.
If that’s all not the case, make an appointment with Apple Support, and either screen-share with them, or bring the Mac in for a look.
This is a user-to-user forum. No one here can fix anything. The user above has given one suggestion as to what the problem might be.
My suggestion would be to turn off contacts for all the accounts you have on your phone, restart the phone, then turn them back on.
My Contacts now have 5 duplicates. When are you guys going to fix that?
