Trick to delete duplicate contacts in Android

How to remove duplicate contacts in Android

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Duplicate contacts might not seem a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but they can make life inconvenient in any app where communicating with others is involved — you might end up sending a text to someone's old number or even messaging the wrong person altogether.

• How to organize your contacts on Android
• How to set up a custom contact list on your Android
• With all the different apps that want access to your contacts list (both on mobile and elsewhere) duplicates can easily crop up, so we're going to show you how to get rid of them. There's not a magic wand you can wave to get rid of these duplicate address book entries but it's not too difficult.

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  • How to merge contacts on Android
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  • Dedicated apps to organize your contacts

  From Contacts in Android

  The first place to start is the Contacts app in Android. Obviously this may vary depending on what your manufacturer of choice has decided to do with the Contacts app, but on stock Android you can tap on a name, then the three dots, and then hit delete. Alternatively, some versions allow this option via the edit icon (a pen symbol), and then the trash can to delete.
• It may well be that you've got two contact entries for the same person (one with an email address and one with a mobile number for example). To link them together, go to the contact edit screen, open the three vertical dots menu and tap Link ("Join" on older versions) — you can then pick a contact to merge..
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