Deleting contacts on the iPhone really is quite easy but if you want to delete all your contacts you need to follow a few important steps. Below is the full instruction and video tutorial on how to delete all iPhone contacts. This will work on any iPhone including the iPhone 5, 4s and 4. Keep in mind that I will be showing you two ways of doing this so watch the full video before you start.
Video Tutorial: How To Delete All iPhone Contacts On The iPhone 5, 4s and 4
Instructions: How To Delete All iPhone Contacts Using iCoud
- Open the settings app
- Scroll down and tap iCloud
- Slide the on/off bar next to contacts to off
- Tap Delete from my iPhone
Once you have done the steps above your contacts will no longer show up on your iPhone. To enable your contacts again all you have to do is go back and follow the steps above in reverse.
Instructions: How To Delete All iPhone Contacts (For those without iCloud set up)
- Open the Settings app
- Tap Mail, Contacts and Calendars
- Tap Add Account
- Tap Microsoft Exchange
- Create a fake email using the @gmail.com extension
- Type any password you want
- Tap Next
- Once verified type “m.google.com” in for the Server
- Type in any user name you want and tap next
- Slide contacts to On
- Tap Delete and then confirm it by tapping Delete again
- Tap Save
If you followed all the steps correctly, when you go to your contacts app you will se that it is empty. For more information and instruction refer to the video above.
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