topic Re: How Do I Delete All Contacts in XZ Series

How Do I Delete All Contacts

PeteCal — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:51:41 GMT

I am just getting my phone set up.

I somehow got 529 contacts on the phone that I don't want there.

I want to delete them all and then import a vcf file with the correct contact list.

How do I do that?

Thanks

Pete

Re: How Do I Delete All Contacts

Strampke — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:26:08 GMT

Don't try it on your Android device, use your computer.

Find out how on Google.

Maybe this gives you a clue.

Re: How Do I Delete All Contacts

PeteCal — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:31:43 GMT

Well I worked it out. I found a free app, "Delete All".

That deleted all my contacts on the phone.

The best contact list that I had was on Thunderbird (email client) on my desktop.

I exported my TB contacts to a .csv file.

I fired up MyPhoneExplorer. I have used this app for many years and love it.

It synced with the (empty) contacts on the phone and ended up with no contacts in MPE.

I then imported the .csv contacts file to MPE and synced it with the phone.

Bam, the list I wanted was now on the phone.

Also, I use TB on a tablet computer. The contacts list there had become somewhat different from the one on the desktop. So I synced my phone using MPE to TB on the tablet.

Now I have the same contacts on all three devices.

And google never got a wiff of my contacts.

Did I say that I think google knows too much about me?