{"id":1171,"date":"2017-12-21T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:26:06","slug":"how-to-fix-icloud-duplicate-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/21\/how-to-fix-icloud-duplicate-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix iCloud Duplicate Contacts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presence of duplicate contacts on <\/span>iCloud<\/b> not only affects the storage space, but it also leads to a needless clogging of the contact list.\u00a0<\/span>The contact list gets needlessly populated with useless repetitive and sometimes the user ends up calling the wrong number or even the wrong person altogether! Thus, it is very important for the user to clean up duplicate contacts from iCloud<\/b>, the sooner the better.<\/p>\n

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Luckily enough, the procedure to do so is a very simple one. And even better is the fact that it is provided by none other than the masterminds behind <\/span>iCloud<\/b>, namely <\/span>Apple<\/b>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Remove Duplicate Contacts in Mac<\/b><\/h2>\n

You can delete duplicate contacts from <\/span>iCloud.com<\/b> either through <\/span>Mac<\/b> or through <\/span>iCloud<\/b>\u2019s web storage. To do so, download all the contacts onto your PC and then follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. To begin with, backup all the contacts.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Open <\/span>Contacts<\/b> in <\/span>Mac<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Select <\/span>Card<\/b> | <\/span>Look for Duplicates<\/b> to scan for any duplicate entries.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. If any duplicates are detected, you will get an option to either <\/span>Merge<\/b> them or <\/span>Delete<\/b> them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Remove Duplicate Contacts in iCloud<\/b><\/h2>\n

    You can also delete any duplicate contacts files directly from <\/span>iCloud<\/b>. However, following this route means you do not have the luxury to merge the contacts as <\/span>iCloud<\/b> only allows contact deletion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Simply login to your <\/span>iCloud<\/b> account.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Select any contacts that look duplicate while holding down the \u2318 key as you\u2019re selecting the contacts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Note:<\/b><\/span><\/em> In <\/span>iCloud<\/b>, you need to detect any duplicate contacts by manually comparing contact names and most importantly contact numbers. Therefore, pay high attention to what you\u2019re doing or else you could end up doing more harm to your contacts than any good.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      Remove Duplicate iCloud Contacts through iPhone<\/b><\/h2>\n

      Just like <\/span>iCloud<\/b>, using an <\/span>iPhone<\/b> also requires you to go through your contacts and delete any duplicates manually. As of now, there isn\u2019t a function that can help find duplicate contacts in an <\/span>iPhone<\/b>. A handy trick in this scenario is to export all of the contacts to either your <\/span>Mac<\/b> or <\/span>iCloud.com<\/b>, where you can scrutinize them much easier than on an <\/span>iPhone<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      Merge or Delete?<\/b><\/h3>\n

      Please keep in mind that <\/span>iCloud.com<\/b> doesn\u2019t allow you to merge any contacts. This is only possible for <\/span>Mac<\/b>. If you want to merge any contacts, simply export them to <\/span>Mac<\/b>. On the other hand, if you are really sure of deleting some contacts, you can proceed to do so via <\/span>iCloud.com<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      Removing Duplicate Contacts by Merging<\/b><\/h3>\n

      Another way to remove duplicate contacts in <\/span>iCloud<\/b> is by merging all similar ones. Again, the procedure is very simple. Here it goes:<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. Select two similar contacts together by using the <\/span>Command<\/b> key on the keyboard.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Now select <\/span>Cards<\/b> | <\/span>Merge Selected Cards<\/b> (This will merge all the data within those cards).<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. You can also use <\/span>Shift<\/b> + <\/span>Command<\/b> + <\/span>L<\/b> to do the same.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Link Contacts from Other Accounts with iCloud<\/b><\/h2>\n

        You can link contacts together from <\/span>Gmail<\/b>\/ <\/span>Yahoo<\/b> to <\/span>iCloud<\/b> through a fairly simple process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Reveal the bar that shows the contact list from different accounts by pressing <\/span>Command<\/b> + <\/span>1<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. Now merge both the contacts by selecting them manually and then selecting <\/span>Cards<\/b> | <\/span>Link Selected Cards<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Note:<\/b><\/span><\/em> Your contacts will still be available from the accounts they were fetched from, but they will only be shown as a single entry in <\/span>Cards<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

          While removing duplicate accounts from <\/span>iCloud<\/b>, the best practice is to first merge all contacts in the <\/span>iCloud<\/b> contact list and then move towards linking contacts from other accounts. This ensures that you are left with a unified database of contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The presence of duplicate contacts on iCloud not only affects the storage space, but it also leads to a needless clogging of the contact list.\u00a0The contact list gets needlessly populated with useless repetitive and sometimes the user ends up calling the wrong number or even the wrong person altogether! Thus, it is very important for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[775,777,776,781,782,780,779,778],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-fixing-icloud-duplicate-contacts","tag-guide-on-how-to-fix-icloud-duplicate-contacts","tag-help-on-fixing-icloud-duplicate-contacts","tag-how-to-link-contacts-from-gmail-with-icloud","tag-how-to-link-contacts-from-yahoo-with-icloud","tag-how-to-merge-duplicate-contacts-in-mac","tag-merging-duplicate-contacts-in-mac","tag-removing-duplicate-contacts-in-mac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}