Google Contacts is the go-to phone book app for most people. It’s preinstalled on many Android phones and offers a straightforward way to sync your contacts across devices orswitch to a new phone. However, it’s not free of the problem plaguing most contact apps: duplicate entries. If you’re worried about the repetition in your phone book, we put together this guide for you. Here’s how to remove duplicates from Google Contacts on your Android phone,tried-and-true Chromebook, or any browser.
Merge duplicate contacts automatically
The thought of manually scanning your contacts to find and delete excessive replications might seem overwhelming. However, the Merge and Fix feature in Google Contacts sorts that out automatically whether you use the Android app or through the web. The feature scans your phone book for contacts with matching names, phone numbers, emails, and other identifying information. Once completed, it suggests contacts with multiple copies, allowing you to merge or keep them.
Merging contacts saves the most detailed information from both entries and deletes the duplicate ones. Still, it’s easy to dismiss the wrong suggestions. If you mistakenly combine the wrong ones, you canrestore deleted contactswithin 30 days.
How to automatically remove duplicate contacts from Google Contacts for Android
If you’re keen on crosschecking the suggestions for errors, focus on dismissing the wrong suggestions first, then tapMerge allwhen it’s all clear. This will save you some time.
How to remove duplicate contacts automatically from Google Contacts for the web
Remove duplicate contacts manually
Though not as effortless as using the Merge & Fix feature, you may manually go through your contacts to merge or delete duplicates. This is particularly useful for dealing with copies the Merge & Fix feature didn’t catch. Google Contacts lets you merge contacts by selecting them in the list.
Manually remove duplicates from Google Contacts for Android
Manually remove duplicates from Google Contacts for the web
If you don’t want to merge contacts, select the duplicates and click theDeletebutton to remove them. However, you may lose information from the deleted duplicate. So, it makes sense to merge a duplicate contact.
Keep your phone book clean and organized
Google Contacts offers everything you need to organize your contact list. Besides getting all the duplicates in one place, it provides a nifty featureso that you don’t miss your contacts' birthdays. It’s up to you to organize your phone book, starting with merging the duplicates.
