How do I unlink all contacts at once?

How do I unlink all contacts at once?

iPhone 13

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 07:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2023 07:38 AM

When you look deeply you will find that Contacts are neither stored on an iPhone nor on SIM. They are synced to an email account that you may have added and enabled Contacts. It could be Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other email client server.


When you enable Contacts in any of the email accounts they are displayed to you through the Contacts App. When you edit these contacts on an iPhone they are ultimately edited on the client-server.


Please see the pic below for a better understanding...


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Jan 11, 2023 07:38 AM in response to Jcicerano

When you look deeply you will find that Contacts are neither stored on an iPhone nor on SIM. They are synced to an email account that you may have added and enabled Contacts. It could be Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other email client server.


When you enable Contacts in any of the email accounts they are displayed to you through the Contacts App. When you edit these contacts on an iPhone they are ultimately edited on the client-server.


Please see the pic below for a better understanding...


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