Why do my contacts appear twice?

Why do my contacts appear twice?

Sometimes your phone creates two or more than two copies of a single contact. This mostly happens when you factory reset a device and sync contacts or change SIM and accidentally sync all contacts. This can completely clutter the contacts, making it hard to navigate through contacts.

How can I get rid of duplicate contacts on my iPhone?

Remove duplicate contacts

1. Make a copy of your contacts.
2. Open Contacts.
3. From the Card menu, select Card > Look for Duplicates.
4. When asked, click Merge.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until no duplicates are found.
6. Make another copy of your iCloud Contacts.

Why are my Samsung Fascinate contacts showing numbers twice?

Discussion in ‘ Android Devices ‘ started by pTac, Feb 10, 2012 . I just got a replacement Samsung Fascinate. I re-linked with Google to restore my settings and contacts. Now, however, almost all of my contacts are showing the phone numbers and email addresses twice. One shows it as a Google contact number and the other as a phone contact number.

How to make my phone only show my phone number twice?

One shows it as a Google contact number and the other as a phone contact number. How do I get it to only show the number/ email address once? For example, if I click on the contact “mom”, it shows her home phone number twice, her cell number twice, and her email address twice.

Is it possible to have too many duplicate contacts?

Sometimes that can make a list too long, but there are a number of ways in which you can fix this problem. If you don’t have that many duplicate contacts in your list, you could go through them and merge them manually.

How can I merge two numbers in my contact list?

There tap on ‘edit’ and then ‘settings’ where you will see the merge option. Choose the second number and it will be listed as one single contact in future. It’s likely that your contacts list is connected to your iCloud or Google account, depending on the platform you’re using.