How to delete duplicate contact cards? Delete one by one? It is troublesome to think about it. Some friends find that after setting up iCloud contacts on a Mac for the first time, they seem to appear anywhere. The following editor will bring you how to delete duplicate contacts in macOS and iCloud. Those who don’t know yet come to learn!
How to merge and delete duplicate contacts on Mac
As with all computer procedures that involve deleting data, make sure you have backed up your system before performing these steps.
1. Launch the "Contacts" application (located in "Applications/Contacts") on your Mac.
2. In the "Groups" pane on the left, make sure all contacts are selected at the top of the list. (If the "Group" view is hidden, please select the menu bar option "View" -> "Show Group" to show it.)
3. From the menu bar, select Business Card -> Find Duplicate...
4. A drop-down dialog will appear The box tells you how many duplicate cards have been found. These cards have the same name but contain different information, or both have the same name and information. To merge duplicate cards and messages, click the merge button.
How to delete duplicate iCloud contacts on PC and Mac
If you don’t have permission to use a Mac, you can remotely delete duplicate entries in the Contacts list in the following ways. The weird thing is that it is not possible to select multiple contacts on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 11, so although it is important to remember that this manual method only works for contacts that have been synced to "iCloud", this is the best solution method.
Launch a web browser on the device or computer.
Navigate to icloud.com.
Log in with your "iCloud" credentials.
Click on a contact.
Select all contacts in the upper left corner of the screen.
Hold down the Command (⌘) key and manually click the duplicate card you want to delete.
Click the gear icon in the lower left corner and select "Delete" from the pop-up menu.
Confirm that you want to delete the selected contact by clicking the "Delete" option in the dialog pane.