2 Ways to delete all contacts from iPhone 5/4s/4/5s

There are many phone number and address stored on your iPhone? Some contacts are repeated? Want to deleted those repeated contacts on iPhone? Do you want to sell your old iPhone and need to delete all iPhone contacts permanently? Find the way to erase all contacts on iPhone before give it away?

Now and then, you need to delete a number of people from Contacts on your iPhone. Apple's software only lets you delete one contact at a time, which can be a tedious process if you have 100 names that are destined for oblivion. However, there are ways to get around this with relative ease, and this article will show you how to do that. Read on!

Method 1 of 3: Using Your Address Book and iTunes

1. Open your address book. Locate the names of the people you want to delete, and select them. Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (PC) to select multiple contacts that are not next to each other. Shift-click to select contacts that are next to each other.

2. Delete the contacts. On Address Book for the Mac, click the "Edit" menu, then select "Delete Cards," or simply press the Delete key. On a PC, in your Contacts list, click "Actions," then click "Menu," then select "Delete Contact."[1]

3. Connect your iPhone to your computer. If you're not syncing wirelessly, plug your iPhone into your computer, open iTunes, and select your iPhone at the top right of the iTunes window.

4. Sync your iPhone. Click on the Info tab at the top, enable "Sync Contacts," and in the window below that, "All contacts."

Click "Apply" at the bottom right of the window to sync your iPhone with iTunes, and remove the contacts you deleted in your address book from your Contacts app on your iPhone.[2]

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Method 2 of 3: Deleted All contacts from iPhone Permanently with a third-part App

Free download iPhone Data Eraser

   

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer
Get your iPhone connected to the computer where iPhone Data Eraser tool is installed.

Step 2. Choose a type of data erasing
Launch iPhone data eraser tool and choose the option of erase all data and settings to begin the data deletion. All data contains contacts, messages, call history, photos, videos, notes, apps, browser history, bookmarks, account info, passwords and other personal data.

Step 3. Start to erase all data on your iPhone
The process of data erasing will take you a little while. Keep your iPhone connected during the whole course.

When it's complete. Your iPhone gets started with a clean slate now.

   

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