There are situations in which you need to delete personal data from your phone. This may be a sale, a transfer of the phone to other hands, or simply a desire to free the device from unnecessary information. Today we will figure out how to delete contacts from the phone.
We can delete contacts from the phone in different ways. The first is the easiest way, suitable when you need to delete one specific or several entries from the contact book:
- Open the phone book
- Use the search and find the desired entry
- Click it and keep it pressed
- In the menu that opens, click " Delete» and confirm your choice
Some firmwares provide a tool to delete contacts on Android at the same time. For example, in MIUI firmware, this mechanism is organized as follows:
- Open the phone book
- Go to her settings
- Go to the section " Additionally»
- Open " Batch delete»
- Check the boxes to delete contacts or click " Choose all»
- Click " Delete»
If your firmware does not provide such an opportunity, use the utility. The application is less than 1 MB, and its only task is to batch or completely delete contacts from the phone:
- If you want to mark all contacts, then click " select all»
- Click " Delete» and confirm deleting contacts
During synchronization with communication applications, contacts from them are added to the phone book. You can remove them like this:
- Open phone settings
- Go to the section " Other accounts»
- Select the application whose contacts you do not want to see in the phone book
- Turn off contact sync for this app
Some apps don't have an option to turn off syncing only with contacts, in which case you can exclude it from the list of synced apps entirely. Also, you can not delete such contacts, but configure the display of contact sources. For this:
- Open phone book settings
- Go to the section " Display»
- Open the " Contact filter»
- Choose which sources you want to see contacts from
When Syncing with Google, your contacts are stored in your account. They can be viewed and edited through the phone or PC browser, and they can also be deleted:
- Go to Google Contacts
- Check the boxes next to contacts to delete
- Click the button Delete»
To hide those contacts that you do not currently need, but may need in the future, click " Do not show in contacts».
What to do if you deleted the wrong contact?
If you deleted the wrong contact from your phone by mistake, then you can still restore it. Try doing this:
- Turn off internet or sync as soon as possible
- Go to Google Contacts
- Find an entry that was mistakenly deleted from your phone
- Write down the number somewhere
- Enter the contact in the phone again
In this article, we will show you how to delete or merge duplicate contacts on your Android device. Very often, when restoring contacts from different sources, the same contacts appear. After a while, there are so many of them that it is quite inconvenient to navigate through the list of contacts.
Delete Duplicate Contacts on Android via App
The easiest way to delete duplicate contacts on Android is to use a dedicated app. Simpler Merge Duplicates allows you to find and remove all duplicate contacts on your mobile device. Read on for how to do it.
- First of all, you need to download and install the Simpler Merge Duplicates app.
- Next, run the app on your Android device. The program will start scanning all contacts on your smartphone.
- After the scan is completed, you will see all the contacts that are duplicated on your device.
- Click on the button " Merge» ( Merge) to remove all duplicate contacts and leave only one.
That's all! It is much easier to use the phone book when there are no identical contacts.
If for some reason you can't install the app, then try using Gmail mail service to delete duplicate contacts on Android.
Delete Duplicate Contacts on Android via Gmail
To use this method, you must have your smartphone synced with Gmail enabled.
Thus, you can delete duplicate contacts on your Android device.
Google offers two quick ways to remove duplicate contacts. Whichever you choose, the result will be the same: if the system finds entries with the same name in the phone book, it will merge them into a single contact. Moreover, if different phone numbers are indicated in duplicates, they will all be linked to a generalized contact.
Please note that these methods only work with contacts stored in your Google account.
1. Merge contacts on Android device
This option is suitable for devices from the Pixel, Nexus, Android One and Google Play Edition lines. If your gadget does not belong to them, go directly to the item “Combining contacts on the Google website”.
Launch the Contacts app from Google (if it is not installed on your smartphone, download it from Google Play).
Open the program menu and select "Offers".
Click "Check for duplicate contacts" and then "Merge" under the found duplicates.
2. Merge contacts on the Google site
Open a browser and log in with the account associated with the smartphone. Click Gmail → Contacts.
On the left panel, select "Similar contacts" and click "Merge" under the duplicates found.
After that, duplicate contacts will be deleted from the server, and if synchronization between devices is configured in the account, then from the smartphone.
How to remove duplicate contacts using third-party applications
If there are duplicate contacts in the phone book that are not linked to Google, but to other accounts (Viber, Telegram, and others), these duplicates will have to be deleted manually or using third-party programs like Contacts Optimizer. It is enough to select the necessary account in it, click Tap to find duplicates, mark the duplicates and confirm their deletion.
MI account is a hallmark of Xiaomi production, and has been gaining more and more popularity lately. , as a rule, takes no more than a couple of minutes, the same can be said about deleting an account. Don't want to use this account anymore, but don't know how to delete MI account from Xiaomi phone? Let's try to figure it out.
Below, I will divide the article into 2 blocks, depending on your situation, choose the one you need.
If you have access to your account
In this case, two standard types are offered: unbinding from the account or completely deleting. These methods are fundamentally different from each other in structure:
- The first method unlinks data: phone number, email address. That is, your account no longer belongs to you, but is located on the Internet. This procedure is quite simple and the most common. You will need to know the password.
- The second method completely deletes the account, but does not immediately unlink the number, which sometimes causes failures and may require a password from an already non-existent MI account. Solving this problem will not be easy without the help of Xiaomi support, so it is highly recommended to choose a complete removal as a last resort.
Do not forget that an unlinked, completely deleted account and MI Cloud cannot be restored!
Simple deletion of Mi-account (detachment)
Before starting the process, we write down the IP address (your unique ID) and password.
- Go to "Settings", look for the subsection "MI account".
- We open this window and at the bottom of the page we see an oblong red “Delete” button.
- We click on it, enter the password and after a minute (if there are no problems) we receive a notification that the account has been successfully deleted.
The developers made a small oversight in the names, because the account is not deleted, but only untied from the smartphone. If that's enough for you, the process ends at this point.
Complete deletion of the account and Mi Cloud
To perform the second method, you must know the password and login, if you don’t remember something, then immediately restore all the data, and then continue from this place.
- Open the official website of Xiaomi in the browser.
- We are looking for the section "Login to MI account", we enter.
- After successful authorization, below we look for the “Delete” item (on an orange background).
- After that, we are thrown to the screen where you need to carefully enter the ID and PASSWORD.
- If everything is entered correctly, a page opens with English text, which contains a list of materials that will be lost forever upon final deletion.
- In the last line, where our agreement is requested, put a tick, then click "Delete account».
- Everything, the operation is completed.
In some cases, you need to wait two or three days for the phone number to finally get rid of. During this period, it may constantly require a password. The lag usually resolves on its own, but sometimes specialist help is required.Mi FAQ
2 ways to delete Mi account from Xiaomi phone if there is no access
Here, too, there are two ways to choose from: using the "Recovery" mode or flashing the device. We note that both are undesirable for the device, and can cause a number of malfunctions in the smartphone if you make some mistake.
Are you new to technology and not sure if you are doing everything right? For safety, it is better to contact the service center, where the masters will carry out the necessary procedures.
Do you want to try it yourself? Then use the instructions below.
Reset device via recovery
- Be sure to carry out before starting the procedure, otherwise the data will be irretrievably lost.
- We turn off the phone and with the help of the clamped power and volume up buttons we get into recovery mode.
- We make the final "Wipe".
There is no guarantee that after this the device will not ask for a password again, but it's worth a try.
Phone flashing
It is carried out using special utilities and drivers. If the device has a processor snapdragon, the following programs will do: Miflash, Fastboot. For processor MTK Flashtool is a good option. On new firmware versions, the operation may fail, so it is recommended to use the old ones. But even in this case, no one gives a 100% guarantee that the account will be completely deleted. Without an Internet connection, most likely, the password will not be requested, but in online mode, the chances are 50/50.
Pay attention! If, after the above options, the phone started crashing, malfunctioning, frequent freezes and forced reboots, you need to contact either the service center or write directly to Xiaomi support. Their email addresses and phone numbers tend to change, so new up-to-date information can be found on the company's official website.
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Answers to popular questions
Can MI account be deleted by itself if not used for a long time?
No, It is Immpossible. Even if you do not go there for several years, the materials will still remain available for viewing.
I don’t remember the account password, and the methods of re-flashing and recovery do not help. What to do?
We offer you two solutions: try to restore access, or contact Xiaomi official representatives with your problem.
Recovery can adversely affect the device?
Yes, such a possibility exists, although it is small.
Now you know how to completely unlink your phone from your Mi account, and this process does not include complex nuances and special problems. It is similar, for example, to deleting a page on a social network. Nothing new and unusual. You just need to carefully and responsibly treat the procedure.
Egor Borisov
I am the editor-in-chief and administrator of the website site. Acquaintance with Xiaomi began with the Mi 5 model. At the moment, there are more than 30 types of different gadgets from this brand on hand. I have experience in setting up and repairing many models, with which I personally helped our users. Find out about the composition of our project on the page.
Modern phones allow you to store an almost unlimited number of different SMS. But quite often, the question arises before users: how to delete messages on a Xiaomi phone. There can be a lot of reasons for cleaning, ranging from annoying ads to information that is inaccessible to prying eyes. The procedure is simple and does not require special skills.
We clean up the dialogues
Messages from a particular subscriber are in a common chain - a kind of dialogue. That is, there is no need to search through the entire list of SMS that you sent or received from one number. In the list, as a rule, at first we see only the last message, and already in the maximized window - absolutely everything.
- To delete, open the "SMS / MMS" folder located on the main screen. Chains can be sorted by date of writing, volume, importance.
- We find the desired one, after a long press, a mini-menu opens with confirmation of deletion.
- Click "Delete". Ready.
Note! Both incoming and outgoing messages grouped by a specific phone number are cleared.
Delete individual SMS
If you need to remove several messages from a certain dialog, do the following:
- Open the correspondence, click on SMS.
- A ribbon appears at the bottom: “Forward”, “Copy”, “Delete”, “More ...”, and next to each message there is a white circle.
- Check the boxes for the materials you need to clean. Now "Delete" and "Yes".
If you want to clear the entire chain at once in this way, after highlighting the bottom menu at the top, click “Select All” and repeat the second part of paragraph number 3.
What to do if SMS on Xiaomi are not deleted
This problem is quite rare, but it does happen sometimes. There are several reasons:
- A dirty screen, cracked shockproof glass, or a torn film, due to which there is no contact between the device and touches. Similarly with hands: the sensor often does not respond to wet, damaged skin.
- Crashes in the operating system, freezes. For example, the processor does not recognize the actions taken, the internal memory is dirty, the memory card is not installed correctly. For each case, this is decided strictly individually.
- After restarting/turning off the phone, deleted messages are restored again. This is due to synchronization on due to SMS duplicates.
How to delete messages on different models
The process is the same on all Xiaomi smartphones. Differences exist if the operating system is not Android or there is a non-standard third-party firmware. Moreover, on almost all phones of different companies, messages are deleted in the same way.
Advanced: Clean up social media posts
Here everything is controlled by a certain social network and does not depend on the brand of the device. Because social media posts networks are internal networks, the operating system, model, year of manufacture of the smartphone do not apply to them. But, for example, in the popular VKontakte, the cleaning operation is similar to what happens in the SMS / MMS folder. Messages are deleted only for you. You cannot influence their removal from the interlocutor without having access to the phone.
