How to Remove Email Contacts from an iPhone

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This wikiHow teaches you how to delete the contacts on your iPhone that synced from an email account.

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    It’s an app on one of your home screens (possibly in a folder called “Utilities”) that has a gray cog icon.
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    It’s in the fifth group of settings.
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    • For example, if you don’t want to see your Outlook Mail contacts on your iPhone, select “Outlook.”
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    The contacts from that account will no longer appear on your iPhone.
    • You can re-sync these contacts at any time by moving the "Contacts" switch back to the On position.
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    On step 3 above I don't have 'accounts' there. What can I do?
    Carl McWinter
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    The process has changed slightly since this answer was uploaded. The new process is 1.) open the Settings app; 2.) go to Accounts & Passwords; 3.) choose the account with the unwanted emails; 4.) uncheck the contacts section.
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      1. Open your Settings .
      2. Tap Contacts .
      3. Tap Accounts .
      4. Select the account with unwanted contacts.
      5. Move the “Contacts” switch to the Off position.
      6. Tap Delete from My iPhone .

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