Sim Contacts?

[Dougal95]

Is it possible to delete all the contacts on my sim card without loosing the device contacts?

 

[combat82]

Backup device contacts to google, then delete everything, then sync contacts from Google

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[Dougal95]

Thanks

 

[Dougal95]

Just a thought.... contacts already are backed up on Google. Surely if I now delete all phone contacts, that state will transfer to Google?

 

[combat82]

Turn sync off first, but if there are contacts you don't want on the phone that are already in Google just make a new Gmail

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[can3gxw]

There is an option in the contacts to "merge" SIM contacts to Google. I would do this first, just to be sure that you've gotten them all. You may end up with duplicates, but IMO that's better than losing some.

Once you've done this, I would take ONE contact that's on my SIM (jot down the information on paper "just in case") and delete it from the SIM.

Wait a few minutes to allow the regular syncing to take place, then check your contacts and see if they're still there. If they are, then you're good. If you want a triple check, go to "contacts.google.com" on a computer and see if they're still there. They should be.

You would then be safe to delete everyone from your SIM contacts because they're already backed up.