How to create a phone only account

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I recently bought a new phone, a motorola g5. Here are my issues and things I would like.

- When I sync with my google account, all my contacts are suddenly in my contacts list. I don't want this. I uncheck the "sync contacts" box in the account settings, but the damage is already done. If I remove the account and re add it, it automatically syncs my contacts before I'm able to turn it off.

-When I add a contact, I seem to have to add it to my google account. I don't want that. I want to add it to my phone. My email account is one big mess, I don't care for it. But in my phone, I need everything to be organised, with only the contacts I need. So I want something like a 'local phone account', not connected to the internet.

Can someone help me out?
 

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Welcome to Android Central! As far as I know, if a phone doesn't offer a Phone account, you can't add one. What if you Customize your contacts to display? Open the Contacts app, tap Menu>Contacts to Display, then Customize, and choose the groups you want to display.