Over time, your phone's contact list may fill up with unnecessary entries that need to be deleted. The iPhone allows you to delete such entries one at a time, but this is not very convenient if you need to get rid of many contacts. You can use several methods to delete a contact list.
Instructions
Step 1
Open your address book in iTunes. Find the contacts you want to delete and select them. To select multiple contacts, hold down the Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) key. If the contacts to be deleted are next to each other, select them while holding down the Shift key. If you are using the PC version of iTunes, press the Action button, then the Menu button, and select Delete Contact. If you are using the Mac version of iTunes, expand the Edit menu and choose Delete Cards, or simply press the Delete button on your keyboard.
Step 2
Connect your iPhone to your computer, in the iTunes window, click the iPhone button in the upper right corner of the program window. In the window that opens, go to the Info tab. Click the Sync button at the bottom right of the window. It will sync iTunes and iPhone, as a result of which the contacts deleted in iTunes will be deleted in the iPhone as well.
Step 3
You can use a third-party iPhone app called Spring Cleaning to remove unwanted contacts. This program can be purchased from the App Store. Open the app and scroll through the list of contacts. Mark the contacts that you plan to delete by clicking on the gray circle to the left of the contact. Click the Delete button at the bottom of the program window, the selected contacts will be moved to the trash. In the confirmation window that opens, click the Delete button.
Step 4
If you want to check the information of a contact before deleting it, just click on it. Press the Done button to return back to the list. Contacts deleted in this way can be restored. To do this, click on the Trash button in the program window, mark the deleted contacts that you want to restore, and click the Restore button.
Step 5
You can simply hide unnecessary contacts without completely deleting them, for this you can use contact groups. To manage groups, click the Groups button in the upper right corner of the contact list. Create a new group and add contacts to it. It is advisable to create meaningful groups such as Family, Friends, Work, etc. Then, in the list of groups, select the ones you plan to use and click the Done button in the upper right corner of the screen. Contacts not included in the selected groups will be hidden.
