How to merge duplicate contacts on iphone 12

Last Updated on Sep 16, 2022

You have own iPhone, and so it is very easy to Contacts management organization using iCloud. But sometimes make wrong, and you may seem that there are many contacts are saved as the duplicate in your phone contacts list. Yeah, you guys, it is sluggish and takes much time to find it and delete one by one. Hence, there are many tricks to merge and Remove or Delete duplicate contacts on the iPhone get here one of them. I’m going to show you below. Please follow all the steps carefully. I hope, you will go with order wise and would be great to save your time.

For the Large contact list due to repeat the same contacts again and again [Different name but the same number, Merge contacts that have the Similar name with the Different phone number], not an easy task to find or short duplicate contacts on iPhone without any applications.

Also, Remove Contacts Without Phone number or Name or Email

Don’t worry about what iPhone model you have. You can apply this tip of running the latest iOS devices. Please keep backup contacts your iPhone, Once we delete duplicate phone number permanently after that is not recoverable.

How to Find and Remove duplicate Contacts on iPhone or iPad

Step 1. Download Cleaner App from the App Store – Download Now

Step 2. Launch Cleaner App and follow the Prompts in order to create the login (you can do that either creating new Sign up or by sync Facebook profile)

Step 3. The cleaner app should automatically start scanning your contacts once you’ve permitted contact access requests.

Step 4. Tap on Merge Tab and tap on Show possible Merges.

Step 5. Tap on Duplicates Contacts in the first section to expand them.

Step 6. Tap on the info button next to the contacts name.

Step 7. If you find a contact that you do not want to be merged or deleted as of a duplicate, swipe left the side that contact to don’t merge it.

Step 8. Once all the contacts that are duplicates or need to be merged are selected, tap on Merge at the bottom.

Alternate App for Remove all Duplicate contact carefully using Smart Merge app [Also Useful]

You’re done.

Also Useful: Delete Multiple Contacts on iPhone.

Extra Features are Filter with Company name, Birthdate, Creation Date, Job Title.

Please, I highly suggest reviewing all possible duplicates before merging since sometimes you may have contact with the same name that isn’t a duplicate.

In the Cleaner pro app version, you can get auto Backup so never lose your contacts again.

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(Pocket-lint) - There was a time when all your contacts were stored on the good old fashioned SIM card so duplicate contacts wasn't really a thing - or at least not as much of a thing as it is these days. 

Now, your phone's contacts list likely comes from a number of different places - an iCloud backup, Gmail contacts and perhaps contacts from another email account for example - resulting in what could be several duplicates. 

Prior to iOS 16, cleaning up your contacts was no easy task. If you are running iOS 16 or later though, it's a piece of cake. 

Here's how to clean up your contacts on iPhone and get rid of those duplicates.

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How to merge contacts on iPhone and delete duplicates

In order to get rid of duplicate contacts on iPhone and clean up your contacts so you only have one contact card for Joe Bloggs with all the information from the other three cards you might have, follow these steps.

1. Make sure your iPhone is running iOS 16 or later
2. Open the Phone app
3. Tap on the 'Contacts' tab in the bottom centre
4. If you have duplicate contacts, a pop up will appear under your card at the top of the display
5. Tap 'View Duplicates'
6. A list of all the duplicated contacts will appear in a list. We had 459. 
7. Tap on 'Merge All' at the bottom of your screen
8. Your duplicated contacts will then be transferred to one contact card for each that combines all the unique information from each extra card.
9. That's it. 

How to merge contacts with different names

You may find that after following the steps above that you have a few contact cards remaining that are for the same person but they are named differently. The method above will only merge contact cards with the same name.

To merge contacts that are named differently, follow these steps:

1. Open the Phone app on iPhone
2. Tap on the first contact card you want to merge
3. Tap on 'Edit' in the top right corner
4. Scroll down and tap on 'Link Contacts'
5. Select the second contact card you want to merge with the first 
6. Tap on 'Link' in the top right corner
7. Tap on 'Done'

The contact card will be named the same as the first contact card you selected. If you want to change this, follow these steps: 

1. Open the Phone app 
2. Tap on the contact card
3. Scroll down to the Linked Contacts section
4. Tap on the linked contact card you want to use as the name for this contact 
5. Select 'Use This Name For Unified Card'

How to delete a contact on iPhone

If you've cleaned up your contact list and merged all those duplicates but you've now realised there are some in the remaining list that you really don't need, it's time to get deleting. 

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Deleting a contact on iPhone is actually not as simple as you'd think. Normally, you can swipe right to left to delete on iPhone, whether that's a message, email or Note, for example. You can't do that for a contact though.

To delete a contact on iPhone, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Phone app on your iPhone
2. Select the contact you want to delete
3. Tap on 'Edit' in the top right corner
4. Scroll down to the bottom the contact card
5. Tap on 'Delete Contact'
6. Confirm 'Delete Contact'
7. That's it.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle.

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