If I turn off contacts in iCloud, will it delete contacts I put in personally that weren't synced?

If I turn off contacts in iCloud, will it delete contacts I put in personally that weren't synced?

my mom synced her iphone to iCloud, and she got my contacts and I got hers. I don't want her's!

If I turn contacts off in iCloud, will it delete my contacts I put in?

Posted on Jul 9, 2014 9:23 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2014 9:41 AM

It will delete them from your device but not from iCloud. Also, when you turn contacts off, you will get a prompt asking you if you want to keep them on your device. If you choose Keep on My iDevice, a copy will stay on your device. It will still include your mom's contacts though so you will need to go through and delete her contacts from your device afterwards. Caution: be sure NOT to delete her contacts from your device before you turn off contact syncing with iCloud. If you do, you will delete her contacts everywhere and they will be lost.

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Jul 9, 2014 9:41 AM in response to CathyCurrier43

It will delete them from your device but not from iCloud. Also, when you turn contacts off, you will get a prompt asking you if you want to keep them on your device. If you choose Keep on My iDevice, a copy will stay on your device. It will still include your mom's contacts though so you will need to go through and delete her contacts from your device afterwards. Caution: be sure NOT to delete her contacts from your device before you turn off contact syncing with iCloud. If you do, you will delete her contacts everywhere and they will be lost.

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