How do I stop my phone from adding recent contacts to favorite?

[Jay Keniston]

Whenever I open the Phone app on my Moto E6, I notice that my recent contacts are always being added to Favorites. I only want my Favorites in Favorites. My phone uses Android 9 Pie. How do I keep recent contacts out of Favorites?

 

[B. Diddy]

Typically, that Favorites tab in the Phone app also includes some of your recent contacts. Contacts that weren't starred by you won't stay on that page forever if you don't call them again -- they'll get bumped out by others. If you don't see an option in the Phone app's settings to keep recent contacts out, then there's no way to change that.

 

[mustang7757]

Hi,
[I moved this from developer apps Forum to general help]