Thursday, 12 April 2012

How to Remove All Contacts in Android ICS ( 4.0+ )


Like the earlier versions of android, latest update ice cream sandwich (4.0+) does not have an option to delete all the contacts in Default Contacts application. In Android 4.0+ we can only delete each contacts separately in Default Contact Application. If we want to delete all the contacts it is annoying that we should delete the all the contacts separately.Here is the simple solution to clear all the contacts ....

UPDATE : You can also apply the same method to delete contacts from jelly bean.

How to :
- Navigate to Settings--->Apps--->Contacts Storage
- Now Click Clear data

Done ! Now Check your Contact Application All contacts will be deleted !

23 comments:

  1. great share dude... you saved my day! they should include an option to delete multiple contacts...keep it up

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  2. I am also suffering from the same problem. thanks for the info

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  3. nice trick bro.really helpfull ...thanks

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  4. great solution..........thank you

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  5. Thanks very much for sharing this info. Really saved me a lot of time, as I use many rooms. Made a mistake and imported contacts which doubled entry to over 2000+. Please go to www.pendrivelinux.com and use the Yum I.exe. If you don't know about Livecd. Thanks again, Chris Bmad

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  6. i cant find the app. is there another way to find it.

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  7. @above
    In Apps select All on top then you can find it....

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  8. Hey,

    I tried the same thing, but the clear data button is unpressable for me. Is there any way to sort this out?

    Thanx in advance!

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  9. Its not working.Again my contacts are loaded back.

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  10. you rock bro. u saved ma life. thanku. cheers

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  11. they forgot to include show contact with phone numbers only.

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  12. I followed the directions, but all my contacts are still there.

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  13. disable sync and follow the above to del the contacts

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  14. thnk you so much ... it was a great great help. i appreciate it

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  15. Love you buddy! Great share..

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  16. Thanks Buddy, It helped me and fixed my issue. Thanks a ton.

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  17. Thanks for taking the time to write this information. Shame on android and android phone makers who do not provide this information in manuals or on their websites.

    It is so irritating when its not intuitive !

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  18. Thanks a lot. Dear. You saved my day.

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