How to Delete Duplicate Contacts on iPhone

Updated Nov 02,2018 | by Bennie

It looks disorganized if there are some duplicate contacts saved on your iPhone and you will be confused when you want to make a call. So you need to delete duplicate contacts to get a properly organized contacts book. Here we will show you 3 methods about how to delete duplicate contacts on iPhone with ease. You can pick one way you want to manage iPhone contacts.

A quick way to reorganize your contacts is using a third-party software. There is an iPhone manager named as IOTransfer that can edit iPhone contacts quickly. You can easily delete multiple duplicate contacts with one click. Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1: Free Download IOTransfer to your Computer.

IOTransfer is fully compatible with iOS 12 and works perfectly in Windows 7/8/8.1/10.

Step 2: Connect iPhone to PC with a USB cable. There will be a pop-up request on iPhone, click Trust to connect your iPhone to PC.

Step 3: Click MANAGE and then click Contacts.

Step 4, Select the multiple duplicate contacts you want to delete and click Delete.

Step 5: Click Yes in the pop-up window. Then the multiple duplicate contacts will be deleted successfully in short time. 

If there are not too many duplicate contacts on your iPhone, you can delete them manually on iPhone. There are two ways to delete duplicate contacts on iPhone manually according to the different cases.

•Duplicate contacts with same name and same phone number.

•Duplicate contacts with different contact numbers saved for a single name.

1, Manually delete the duplicate contacts if all the information is the same.

Step 1: Tap Contacts app to open it on iPhone.

Step 2:  Find the duplicate contacts and tap one of them to open it, then click Edit.

Step 3: Scroll down the page and click Delete Contact.

2, Manually merge the contacts if they come with different information.

Step 1: Find and tap Contacts app to open it on your iPhone.

Step 2:  Find the two contacts that you would like to merge, and tap one of them to open it, then click Edit.

Step 3: Scroll down the page and click Link contacts.

Step 4: Find the other contact you want to merge with the contact you just selected.

Step 5:  Click Link and Done.

Step 5: There is only a single contact comes with two phone numbers.

 There's no way to select multiple contacts at one time on an iPhone or iPad, so it is a little troublesome if there are many contacts need to be deleted. A good option is using iCloud.com. It’s a simple way to delete the duplicate contacts in batches. Here is the detailed guide. 

Step 1: Launch a web browser on your mac or pc computer.

Step 2: Navigate to icloud.com.

Step 3: Sign in with your iCloud username and password.

Step 4: Click Contacts. 

Step 5: Select All Contacts in the upper left corner of the screen, then click all the duplicate contacts you would like to delete. 

Step 6: Click the Settings icon in the lower left corner and click Delete from the pop-up window.

Step 7: You will be asked to confirm the selected contacts, click the Delete option to complete the operation.

It is necessary to backup iPhone contacts to computer before reorganizing them. We need to import back the contacts into iPhone in case there are some problems. You can also use IOTransfer to backup your contacts with one click.

Step 1: Download IOTranser and connect your iPhone to PC as Step 1, 2 in Method 1.

Step 2: Select Contacts and click Transfer to PC.

Step 3: The transfer takes only a few seconds and you can click Open file location to view it on PC.

Bottom Line

Above we have introduced the 3 ways about how to delete duplicate contacts. You will see how much easier it is to find the one you want to call once you have deleted the duplicate contacts. IOTransfer seems to be the perfect choice for you to manage your contacts. It can not only delete duplicate contacts quickly but also backup iPhone contacts to computer easily. Moreover, besides the two features, there are a lot other features that can help you manage your iPhone. 

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