How To Remove Duplicate Contacts On iPhone 8 And iPhone 8 Plus

Duplicating the contact numbers are one of the most common problems of the users who just switched from iPhone 8 to iPhone 8. Others who aren’t tech savvy enough manually transfer every contacts on the new phone, which is really time consuming.Well for those new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus user who’s reading this right now , you are one of the lucky few individual that RecomHub will share their knowledge upon! The great news is that Merging Contacts doesn’t require any fancy apps which require a payment and the top of it all, it only takes a few seconds to accomplish it!  So without further ado, Here are the steps on how to find, merge and delete duplicate contacts on the Apple iPhone 8 And iPhone 8 Plus.

First, let me tell you the reason why your iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 plus duplicates contacts. It is because when you connect multiple email accounts to your iPhone all contacts get saved on the phone, hence creates duplicate contacts. Here in RecomHub, we teach everyone to step out of their caves and leave their caveman habits of manually doing everything. So instead of deleting each contact manually to fix the problem, you’ll want to merge the two, which keeps the contact in your work email address book and also in your personal email address book.

How to Remove Duplicate Contacts on iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Your best option is to merge contacts on the iPhone 8 And iPhone 8 Plus so that all of the information will be in one place without re-typing it. Just follow the steps below to remove duplicate contacts on your iPhone.

1. Turn on your iPhone
2. From the Home screen , open the Contacts app
3. Select on one of the contacts that you want to merge
4. Tap on Edit
5. Browse and select on Link Contacts that has a green plus sign next to it
6. Select on the second contact and then tap on Link two link both contacts
7. If you want to unlink contacts, then just tap on the red minus sign
8. Finally, tap on Done to exit the contact entry