00:00You can delete multiple contacts directly on your iPhone using the two-finger multi-select gesture in modern iOS versions
00:06via iCloud.com on a computer or by turning off Contact Sync for a specific email account.
00:13Method 1. Delete Multiple Contacts. Directly on iPhone, iOS 16 and later. This method allows you to select a batch
00:20of contacts right inside your app without needing a computer.
00:23Open the Contacts app or open the Phone app and tap the Contacts tab at the bottom. Place two fingers
00:29on the first contact you want to delete.
00:31Drag your two fingers down or up across the list to highlight and select multiple contacts. You can skip sections
00:37or scroll while keeping your selection.
00:39Rest and hold long press on any of the selected contacts until the pop-up menu appears.
00:43Tap Delete Contacts. It will show the total number of selected contacts, such as Delete 5 contacts. Confirm your choice
00:50when prompted.
00:51Method 2. Delete Multiple Contacts Using iCloud, Fastest for Large Batches.
00:57If you need to clean up dozens or hundreds of contacts, using a computer via iCloud is much faster.
01:02Open a web browser on a computer and go to iCloud.com. Sign in with the same Apple ID used
01:07on your iPhone.
01:08Click on the Contacts app icon.
01:10Hold down the Control key on Windows or the Command key on Mac and click on each contact you want
01:15to remove.
01:16Tip. To select the whole range, click the first contact, hold the Shift key, and click the last contact in
01:22that range.
01:24Press the Delete key on your keyboard or click the Delete Trash icon on the screen.
01:28Click Delete to confirm. The changes will automatically sync to your iPhone.
01:32Method 3. Delete.
01:34All Contacts from a specific email account.
01:36If you want to clear out work, school, or secondary email contacts like Google or Outlook all at once, open
01:42your iPhone settings app.
01:43And tap Contacts or go to Mail Calendar depending on your iOS version, then Accounts.
01:48Select the accounts such as Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo that hold the contacts you want to remove.
01:53Toggle off Contacts.
01:54Tap. Delete from my iPhone when the prompt asks what to do with the previously synced contacts.
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