How to Delete Duplicate Contacts from iPhone

There are many reasons why people use iPhone – they have a beautiful design, excellent cameras and great features, to name a few reasons. However, this doesn’t mean that iPhone owners won’t face certain issues while they are using this device. Even though in most cases these problems are made by the users themselves, the fact is that they exist and must be solved. One of the most tedious and annoying problems is the occurrence of duplicate contacts on your phone.

 

Although your iPhone can store hundreds of different contacts in the internal memory, the presence of duplicate contacts will make dialing more difficult. This situation usually happens when users are merging contacts from other devices. If you are in a situation like this, FoneTrans is the ideal solution to help you out.

Although your iPhone can store hundreds of different contacts in the internal memory, the presence of duplicate contacts will make dialing more difficult. This situation usually happens when users are merging contacts from other devices. If you are in a situation like this, FoneTrans is the ideal solution to help you out.

 

FoneTrans is a powerful data management tool designed for iPhone users. You can manage all kinds of data via a clean user interface, including contacts, messages, photos, and music. Besides this, you can also remove duplicate contacts within 1-click. The best part is that the process of locating and removing of these contacts take less than a couple of minutes. You will get a preview of everything before you click the Delete button. Besides the function, there are also a couple of features that are very helpful in daily life, such as data backup, export data to iTunes.

 

Mac version

 

Tutorial: How to Remove Duplicate Contacts from iPhone 6S/6/5S

 

Step 1 Download and Install FoneTrans

The installation files are hosted our site and you can download it by clicking the button from the above. Then install the program on your computer by following the on-screen instructions. Open the program on your computer when installation is finished.

 

Note: FoneTrans is available in two versions. In this tutorial, I will use Windows version for example. The steps are the same for Mac users.

 

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Step 2 Connect iPhone to Computer

You will be asked to connect your iPhone when the program starts. Please plug your iPhone to the computer with USB cable. If everything goes well, FoneTrans will detect your iPhone and displays some brief information about the device, such as name, capacity, serial number etc.

 

Step 3 Scan Duplicated Contacts on iPhone

Click on the 'Contacts' Column from the left sidebar. The program begins to analyze all the contacts stored on the phone. Then you will be promoted to a window which you can perform several operations about contacts, such as import/export, add new contacts, de-duplicate contacts. You can all the options from the top menu bar.

 

Step 4 Delete Duplicated Contacts on iPhone

Click 'All Contacts' from the upper left corner and select 'De-duplicate' from the top menu bar. Then the program starts to find out duplicate contacts on the iPhone. This will be done in 1-3 minutes depending on how many contacts on the device. Then all duplicates will be listed on the window. You can merge or delete them on there.

 

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With the help of this contacts removing program, you can easily locate and remove the duplicate contacts in your phone. In case you leave these duplicate contacts you will risk making calls that you actually don’t want to make. Even though these duplicate contacts don’t take much space, they will ruin your work efficiency. Imagine a situation in which you must look for a contact among dozens of duplicate contacts. No matter which option you choose, taking care of duplicate contacts on your iPhone is a must. We hope that these tips will help you solve this problem.

 

Mac version

 

 

 

Richard Vern
Managing Editor

Richard Vern is passionate about Hardware, Software and all sorts of technology about iOS. He is curious about new things and is always on the lookout for new Apps and Gadgets.