How To Delete Multiple Contacts On iPhone: A Step-By-Step Instruction

The iPhone is one of the most loved smartphone brands in the world. Apart from the superior quality and performance, the process for every task is different on the iPhone compared with the other brands on the market as Apple uses its own operating system, iOS. If you are a new iPhone user, it may take you some time to master even the simplest tasks on the phone. In this post, we will show you how to delete multiple contacts on iPhone.

How to delete multiple contacts on iPhone using iCloud

This method is applicable if you store and back up your contacts in the cloud, which also lets you use the contacts on every Apple device you own. With iCloud, all the changes made to your contacts are automatically updated on all of your devices. For instance, is you change a person’s email in the Contacts app on your iPhone, the same change will be made on your MacBook Pro along with the other Apple devices you own.

When using the iCloud on a desktop device, you have the ability to select several contacts that you want to remove, just follow these steps to remove contacts:

• Step 1: Head to iCloud.com using a desktop device and log in with your ID and password.
• Step 2: Click on Contacts on the main page.
• Step 3: Choose the contacts you want to remove by holding the Control key.
• Step 4: Scroll dơn and choose other contacts you want to get rid of.
• Step 5: Click the Settings icon located at the bottom-left corner of the display.
• Step 6: Click on Delete.
• Step 7: Confirm the action.

After that, the chosen contacts will be removed from your contact list on all of your Apple devices.

How to delete multiple contacts on iPhone using Groups

There is a third-party app allowing you to remove contacts in bulk, called Groups. It’s a freemium app that offers advanced features with in-app purchases. It lets you delete contacts for free. Here’s how you use the app to delete contacts from your iPhone.

• Step 1: Download and install the app.
• Step 2: Open the app.
• Step 3: Grant the app access to your contact list.
• Step 4: Choose All contacts from the list in the app.
• Step 5: Scroll through your contact list and select those you want to remove by tapping the circle on the left of the names.
• Step 6: Tap on Choose Action.
• Step 7: When a menu pops up, tap Delete contacts.
• Step 8: Confirm the action by tapping Remove from my iPhone!

These are all the simple steps you need to follow to delete phone contacts in bulk on your iPhone. Once you’re done, you can check the change in the Contacts app, also check in other of your Apple devices.

Managing iPhone contacts

Now that we have helped you answer the question about how to delete multiple contacts on iPhone, we would also like to show you a few more things relating to managing contacts on your iPhone that you may find useful as well.

Set up a contacts account

Setting up your email accounts can allow you to share phone numbers with the Contacts app on your iPhone.

• Step 1: On your phone, open Settings and visit Passwords & Accounts.
• Step 2: Tap on Add Account.
• Step 3: Tap on your email and switch on Contacts. If you want to set up another account like CardDAV or LDAP, tap on Other.
• Step 4: Type in your info and password.
• Step 5: Tap on Next.

If you have set up multiple accounts in the Contacts app and need to view contacts of a single account, you just have to open the Contact apps then tap on Groups.

Turn on/off Contacts for an account

When you want to add or delete all contacts from a specific account, you can simply turn on or off Contacts for that exact account. Here’s how you do it.

• Step 1: Head to Settings and tap on Passwords & Accounts.
• Step 2: Tap on the account with the contacts you want to remove or add.
• Step 3: If you want to add contacts, just switch on Contacts. If you want to remove contacts, just switch off Contacts, and tap on the “Delete from My iPhone option.”

Change how contacts are sorted and displayed

In this section, you will learn how to change the way your iPhone classifies and displays your contacts. It’s very easy, you just need to open Settings and tap on Contacts. Next, you can proceed by tapping on one of the following sections:

• Short name: decide how your contact’s name shows up in apps like Phone, Messages, and Mail.
• Display Order: decide whether your contacts will appear with the first name after or before the last name.
• Sort order: decide if your contacts appear alphabetically by last or first name.

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