Delete a contact from the Apple iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with these steps.
- From the Home screen, open the “Contacts” app.
- Choose the contact you wish to get rid of.
- Tap “Edit“.
- Scroll all the way down and tap “Delete Contact“.
FAQ
Why don’t I see a “Delete Contact” option?
If the option to “Delete Contact” is missing, that usually means it is a linked contact and is being synced from an app like Facebook or Twitter. You’ll have to delete the contact from the app, or turn off syncing from that app using these steps:
- Go to “Settings” > “Facebook” (or whatever app has the contact).
- Under the “Allow these apps to use your account” section turn “Contacts” to “Off “.
How do I delete multiple contacts from my device?
The ability to delete multiple contacts is not currently available within the Apple iOS system.
Archie Bowman says
How do I delete contacts from my iPad Mini which appear in email alphabetical lists but not in my Google Contacts or in Apple Contacts?
Words of wisdom would be appreciated.
D Kuchta says
Yes! Thank you. Finally. So many “experts” around and nobody else has been smart enough to find out, and explain (at all) why there was no “Delete Contact” button to be found in a large list of contacts THAT I NEVER ADDED TO MY ipad!!! This is THE question so many people have had who looked for help all over pages on the web. Please, please, please share with your techie friends that, NO, this isn’t simple to those who don’t become intimate with their technology devices! [Trying to be euphemistic here so as to NOT offend anyone”s sensibilities. But I certainly hope you understood the meaning I intended.] When looking for help, it’s absurd to find an “expert” on YouTube, bragging about how smart he is and how simple this all is when instructions are not linear, steps are skipped, and, finally, it doesn’t work! Your remark, “Go to “Settings” > “Facebook” (or whatever app has the contact) was the key. I would have never found this on my own. Why? you might ask… Because I am one of those who does NOT own a smart phone, and the ipad is a hand-me-down. I USE some technologies; I don’t LOVE them. I do have an F-BOOK account out of necessity. But I HATE F-book {as my reference to it might suggest.) I generally describe my status as a person still using an old, gas-powered computer.. And while you may think that the passage of time will take care of people like me, I’m here to affirm to you that there are a LOT of technology “users” out here who haven’t a clue. But, again, Thank you. You ARE my expert of the day.