How to Stop Syncing iPhone Contacts to iCloud

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This wikiHow will teach you to stop syncing contacts to iCloud, which means you will only see contacts that are stored locally on your phone.

Steps

1
Open the iPhone’s Settings. This is the grey icon with cogs located on one of the home screens.
- It may also be located in the “Utilities” folder on a home screen.
This is in the fourth set of options.

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3
Sign in to your iCloud account (if necessary).
- Enter your Apple ID and password.
- Tap Sign in .
Contacts will no longer be synced to iCloud. Any iCloud contacts not already stored on this iPhone will be removed.