Unwanted contacts sharing!

Hello,


I have three iPhones in my house, all with seperate Apple ID's and none with Family Sharing set up or turned on - so why are their contacts showing on my phone?

I've tried deleting them thru iCloud, but they just show up again... how can I permanently delete and stop from happening please?

Posted on Nov 27, 2023 6:36 PM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2023 6:40 PM

Contacts are not saved natively on the iPhone. They are synced via email accounts. If you have the same email account on all 3 devices, then that could be your issue. Your contacts could be in iCloud, another email account such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Find out what email accounts have contacts turned on and separate them if they all seem to be using the same one.

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Nov 27, 2023 6:40 PM in response to matlin28

Contacts are not saved natively on the iPhone. They are synced via email accounts. If you have the same email account on all 3 devices, then that could be your issue. Your contacts could be in iCloud, another email account such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Find out what email accounts have contacts turned on and separate them if they all seem to be using the same one.

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