Choose Contacts to Display on Device
Here's how to see where your contacts display or if your phone displays duplicate contacts.
- Duplicate contacts often occur on your phone when you are syncing contacts from multiple accounts. To manage your sync settings from different accounts, refer to:
- You can minimize duplicates on your phone by choosing which contacts to display through your settings menu.
Android
- From the Home screen, navigate to 'Contacts' or 'People'.For ASUS devices, skip to step 4 after tapping contacts.
- TapMenu.For Samsung, tap theMenu icon
then skip to step 5.
- TapSettings.
- Tap 'Contacts to Display' or 'Default account' for new contacts.
- Select the accounts you want to use to display your contacts.
Apple iPhone
- Open theSettings app.
- TapAccounts & Passwords.
- From the ACCOUNTS section, tap the applicable account (e.g., iCloud, Gmail).
- Tap theContacts switchto turn on or off.