Contacts app

[gemniii]

Is there any easy way clear the data out of this app?
I might use it but it's loaded about 400 addresses that I don't use and it's a pain deleting them 1 by 1.

 

[B. Diddy]

Are the addresses synced from an account, like your Google account? Be careful, because if they're synced and if you delete the contact on your phone, then you'll end up deleting those contacts from the source.

If you were to go to Settings/Apps/All and select Contact Storage, and then Clear Data, that should clear out the contacts, but if your Contacts are set to sync with Google or Yahoo or whatever (in Settings/Accounts), then the Contacts app will just repopulate again with the next sync.

 

[gemniii]

Are the addresses synced from an account, like your Google account? Be careful, because if they're synced and if you delete the contact on your phone, then you'll end up deleting those contacts from the source.

If you were to go to Settings/Apps/All and select Contact Storage, and then Clear Data, that should clear out the contacts, but if your Contacts are set to sync with Google or Yahoo or whatever (in Settings/Accounts), then the Contacts app will just repopulate again with the next sync.

Apparently they are synced from my Google mail. How can I set them so they are not synced?
thanks

/edit - and when I go to Settings -->Application Manager there isn't anything for Contacts, it only shows the Apps I downloaded.

 

[B. Diddy]

Go to System Settings/Accounts-Google/[your Google account], and uncheck Contacts.

I'm not familiar with Samsung's interface, so I don't know what the Application Manager looks like. With stock Android, you can go to System Settings/Apps, and swipe to the right to reach the "All" list, which is where you find Contacts.

 

[shivagarwal]

Hi all... New to this thread and android. I currently have a Samsung s3 with jb 4.1.2 on it. After the upgrade I have realised contacts app has a little more lag while loading. I have read that installing a third party contacts app could be one quick workaround. However if I install a third part contacts app... Will it delete/uninstall the stock contacts app? Not being able to get this answer anywhere! Thanks!

 

[B. Diddy]

No, your stock contacts app will not be deleted. If you're not rooted (which is like jailbreaking an iPhone), you can't uninstall the stock system apps that came preinstalled. You can, however, disable the stock Contacts app by going to System Settings/Apps/All (or the App Manager on Samsung devices), selecting Contacts, and tapping Disable. This will prevent the Contacts app from opening, which might clear some system RAM to allow other apps to reside in active memory. But I'm not sure if disabling the stock Contacts app might interfere with other functions, like searching for Contacts from the phone Dialer.

 

[laika]

Is there any easy way clear the data out of this app?
I might use it but it's loaded about 400 addresses that I don't use and it's a pain deleting them 1 by 1.

Before you do anything open contacts and there is a setting to back them all up to the device, lost all of mine a few weeks ago because I deleted them off of one of three pads since I was giving an old one to my kid, wiped them off all three, once I put them back in I backed them up (it backs up to the device memory, relinked them, unlinked the kids contacts and all was well,)


I now back them up often, does not take much space.

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[shivagarwal]

No, your stock contacts app will not be deleted. If you're not rooted (which is like jailbreaking an iPhone), you can't uninstall the stock system apps that came preinstalled. You can, however, disable the stock Contacts app by going to System Settings/Apps/All (or the App Manager on Samsung devices), selecting Contacts, and tapping Disable. This will prevent the Contacts app from opening, which might clear some system RAM to allow other apps to reside in active memory. But I'm not sure if disabling the stock Contacts app might interfere with other functions, like searching for Contacts from the phone Dialer.

Hi diddy... Thanks for your note... But do you know if the two can co exist. I don't want to disable the stock contact app but just have another app for viewing contacts...

 

[B. Diddy]

I have not tried it myself, but I believe that if you install another contacts app, it will coexist with the stock contacts app.