If you wish to delete all contacts from your Android device, it can be tedius to delete them one-by-one. There is a quicker way to clear them all out though. Just use one of these methods.
Method 1 – Clear data on the device
1. Disable syncing by going to Settings > Accounts & sync. Select your Google account and uncheck Contacts. If you sync contacts with other apps such as Facebook or Twitter, be sure to disable syncing for those apps as well.
2. Go to Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Contacts Storage and select Clear data.
Note: This will also clear other data like your recent calls and Favorites.
Method 2 – Delete all contacts from the account you sync with
If you don’t mind losing your contacts in your account as well as your phone, delete all of the contacts from the account your Android syncs with using your computer. For example, if you sync your Android with Google Contacts, sign into Gmail and follow these steps:
1. Select Contacts on the left pane.
2. Check the box at the top of the left row to select all contacts.
3. Select More > Delete contacts.
The next time your Android automatically syncs with Google, they will be completely cleared.
Last modified March 21, 2012
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Sorted my problem, thanks :-)
This doesn’t work on Cyanogenmod Android 4.0.4 (the menu items you name do not exist there).
Thank you. Straight forward and spot on!
Thanks. It helped me
Nice info… It helped me out.
Awesome, thanks!
Very helpful.
To delete all contacts stored on phone:
go to settings> applications> manage applications> Contacts storage>clear data.
This will delete all contacts in the address book.
I had some merge issues, duplicates would not merge on phone although I kept merging in gmail contacts, so I turned off sync, deleted all contacts this way and re-synced to google contacts and all is great now!
this was very helpfull it really works thanks