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Delete contacts using the Contacts app
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Delete contacts in the settings
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Quick start: Contacts app
Quick guide: Settings

If you want to delete all contacts on your Android, it is very easy to do. Just follow our instructions..

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Would you like to delete all contacts from your Android smartphone at once? Fortunately, you don't have to select and remove each contact individually, as there are much faster methods that can be removed in a jiffy.

Delete contacts using the Contacts app

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Open the Contacts app . There you hold down a contact until it is selected and ticked. Then tap on " All " in the upper left to select all contacts.

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When all contacts are marked, tap on " Delete " in the lower right corner .

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Confirm the process by tapping " Delete ". All selected contacts will then be removed from your smartphone.

Delete contacts in the settings

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions ..

1st step:

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Open the settings of your smartphone, scroll down to the entry " Apps " and then tap on it.

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Now open the " Contacts " application . The apps are sorted alphabetically.

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Then tap the " Storage " button .

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Then go to " Erase data ".

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Confirm the process with the " OK " button . Then all contacts are removed.

Quick start: Contacts app

  1. Open the Contacts app . Press and hold a contact until they are highlighted, then tap All in the top left .
  2. When all contacts are marked, tap the " Delete " button at the bottom right. Then confirm the process with " Delete ".

Quick guide: Settings

  1. Open the smartphone settings and tap on " Apps ". There you go to the " Contacts " application .
  2. Now tap on " Storage " and then select the option " Erase data ". Confirm the process with " OK ". All contacts will then be deleted.

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